Keen to drive challenge and change, Polly joined Pride in London as their first Director of Strategic Partnerships and Fundraising almost 3 years ago. Alongside Together for Short Lives, a charity that supports children with life-limiting illnesses, she works closely with major corporate partners, supporting and advising them on how to ensure their involvement in Pride is authentic and part of a strategic focus on diversity and inclusion. She also helped develop Pride in the City, and has provided consultancy advice to Sport England on LGBT+ participation and volunteering in sport to identify solutions that would make sports organisations more accessible and welcoming. Under her leadership, Pride in London has grown to now be the biggest LGBT+ platform in the UK and one of the largest and most diverse Prides in the world. As a strong campaigner for women’s rights she was part of the team that played a major role in supporting the 2017 Women’s March in London, and was the driving force in ensuring that the Women’s Stage for Pride in London got a higher profile location in Leicester Square in 2017.
