Merthyr Pride

16/01/2026

✨ Please support Merthyr's only LGBTQ+ venue if you can! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

💔✨ We Need Your Help to Save Sparkles ✨💔

GoFundMe link: https://gofund.me/11784105a

This is one of the hardest posts we’ve ever had to write.

Sparkles is in trouble, and we’re asking—humbly and honestly—for help from our community. We’ve put everything we have into this business: our time, our energy, our savings, and our hearts. Right now, we’re struggling to stay afloat.

We are doing everything we can to keep going, but we can’t do it alone anymore.

We’ve started a GoFundMe because without immediate support, we may not be able to continue. Every single donation—no matter the size—helps us cover essential expenses and gives us a chance to survive and keep Sparkles alive.

If you’re unable to donate, please support us by becoming a customer or sharing this post. Even that can make a real difference.

🙏 Please help if you can:
• Donate to our GoFundMe
• Share this with friends and family
• Support Sparkles by purchasing from us

This business is more than just a name—it’s our dream. Losing Sparkles would be devastating, but with your help, we still have hope.

Thank you for reading, for caring, and for supporting Sparkles in any way you can. We truly couldn’t do this without you 💔✨

11/01/2026

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We’re back!

We’re getting ready for Merthyr Pride 2026 – but we need you to help make it happen.

If you have skills that you think could help, please get in touch.

We’re particularly looking for people with

💷 Accounting
🤳 Social media
📈 Business management

If you think this could be you, drop us an email: [email protected]

14/11/2025

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Organising a pride shouldn’t be a crime.

The team at Merthyr Pride stand with Pécs Pride Közösség and their organiser Géza Buzás-Hábel.

We’ve written to the UK Government’s Minister for Europe Stephen Doughty for Cardiff South and Penarth asking him to stand up for LGBTQ+ rights.

Please consider contacting your MP and supporting LGBTQ+ rights across Europe.

Write to your MP here: https://www.writetothem.com/

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09/04/2025

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Don’t swipe left, we hope to be back in 2026!

Due to capacity issues, Merthyr Pride will not be holding an event this year. But we’re working hard to put together a team ready for 2026, and we’ll need volunteers.

If you think you’ve got the skills, time and passion to help LGBTQ+ people in Merthyr Tydfil, look out for our posts later this year.

In the meantime, don’t forget to support the other amazing Pride events across Wales.

Much love, from all at Merthyr Pride 🫶

Pride Cymru Merthyr Valleys Homes Merthyr Tydfil CBC Y Coleg Merthyr Tudful / The College Merthyr Tydfil Sparkles Bar Ltd South Wales Police Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil and Bridgend Gerald Jones MP Dawn Bowden MS Squirrel Friends - A Transgender Network

01/02/2025

Happy LGBT+ History Month from everyone at Merthyr Pride

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas everyone, from Merthyr Pride! 🎄🌈

14/11/2024

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Good luck to the team at Merthyr Tydfil’s LGBTQ+ bar Sparkles Bar Ltd ✨

24/08/2024

Can you believe it's been a week already?! Thank you to everyone who came to Merthyr Pride last weekend and made it a fantastic day!! 🤩🥰🥳

Over 1,500 people attended the second Merthyr Pride, a safe space for our local LGBTQ+ community to come together, feel connected and celebrate freely. Together, and with the support of our allies, we all belong. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️