Be Who You Want To Be area development
The Be Who You Want To Be village quarter is set to officially launch, celebrating Blackpool’s long standing LGBTQ+ heritage and building on the existing area in Claremont to support equality and inclusion whilst celebrating the diversity in our town.
Blackpool Council and its partners including:
- The Blackpool North Shore Business Group
- Renaissance Charity
- LGBT+ Facebook Friends
- Hoteliers group BAGS
- Blackpool Pride Festival
all made an action plan in hopes that it will catalyse the regeneration of the area and also build an inclusive culture in the wider town.
The action plan detailing how a ‘Be Who You Want to Be’ area could be developed was agreed by the council’s executive on Monday 22 January 2024.
The development is important to Blackpool Council in terms of ensuring that the neighbourhood is safe for all to be who they want to be, to socialise and celebrate inclusion, difference and diversity without the risks of homophobic or other discriminatory abuse.