The Victorian Pride Centre is the heart of LGBTIQA+ life in Victoria. A permanent, purpose-built home where our community gathers to celebrate, to grieve, to organise, and to belong.
If you’ve spent time here, you might have noticed that a big part of the VPC event calendar happens during the warmer months. That’s not a coincidence.
Our Rooftop Terrace, one of the most loved spaces in the building, is unusable for much of the year. Rain, wind, cold: events get cancelled, community gets turned away, and a space that should be alive sits empty. So our programming follows the sun, and goes quiet when it disappears.
Here’s something bigger we’ve been thinking about.
Across the country, community spaces are disappearing. LGBTIQA+ venues are closing. The third places that hold us together, that aren’t home and aren’t work, but are somewhere you genuinely belong, are shrinking faster than they’re being replaced.
So we decided we're not backing down, we're building.
The Glass Pavilion has been our goal for years now. A 50m² all-weather addition to the Rooftop Terrace: minimalist steel frame, high-performance polycarbonate sheeting, retractable glass doors, climate control, seating for 50. Designed to be open 365 days a year, whatever Melbourne decides to do.
Not just a roof. A permanent, physical statement that this community isn’t going anywhere.
The design is done but rising construction costs left a funding gap. This campaign can close it, and right now every dollar you give is working harder than ever.
Why right now is the best possible time to help:
- Every dollar donated before 30 June is matched 1:1 by the Pride Fund (through their donation link). Your $100 becomes $200. Your $250 becomes $500.
- Donations over $2 are tax-deductible. Give before 30 June and claim it in this financial year.
- No minimum gift. $50, $100, $500: every amount is doubled and every amount is a vote for a community that stands tall.
If you’re ready to give, we’d be honoured. Thank you as always for your support and generosity for the LGBTIQA+ community.
P.S. Don't forget - All donations through the Pride Fund will be matched. And this offer closes at midnight on 30 June. There’s never been a better time to give.
Warm regards,
Paul Horwell, CEO
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Victorian Pride Centre (VPC)
Address: 79-81 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, VIC 3182
Tel: 03 7035 3592
The Victorian Pride Centre respectfully acknowledges the Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their Elders, both past and present. We uphold their continuing relationship to this land where the Victorian Pride Centre exists today.