Out Making Games marks one year anniversary and welcomes Barclays as first corporate sponsor
Out Making Games, the network for LGBTQ+ professionals working in the UK’s video games industry today marks its one year anniversary since launch, and is proud to announce a comprehensive partnership with Barclays Bank UK PLC who will become the organisation’s first corporate sponsor. Barclays’ support will allow Out Making Games to continue and grow its activities in 2021 and beyond.
In an unusual year to say the least, Out Making Games has gone from strength to strength and now boasts a growing active community on Slack and Twitter of over 500 industry professionals. With regular lunch+learns, panel discussions, and socials, Out Making Games has made good on its founding vision to unite and empower the community.
Funding and support from Barclays will allow Out Making Games to expand its activity for 2021, with more events, educational resources, game jams, mentoring, and work to help the industry better support its LGBTQ+ members. More information on 2021 programming will be announced soon.
Out Making Games is a not-for-profit and entirely volunteer run organisation, with a leadership team that includes developers, producers, studio heads, PRs and lawyers all working in games. Out Making Games wants to address and overcome the barriers that exist for LGBTQ+ professionals in the industry, both by transforming policies and institutions, and by changing hearts and minds through education. More information can be found at outmaking.games.
The organisation works closely with Ukie’s #raisethegame campaign and has attended virtual events throughout 2020.
OMG are incredibly excited and grateful to have the support of the amazing team at Barclays, to help us achieve our goals and serve as the LGBTQ+ community hub for the UK games industry. We can’t wait to get to work on the great collaborations yet to come!
Liam Price, Out Making Games
As we support UK Industry at Barclays, it’s important we support everyone and help provide opportunities to grow. The Games and Esports team look forward to supporting Out Making Games do just that
Jonathan Paterson, Partnership Lead, Games & Esports Team at Barclays
Anyone interested in joining the Out Making Games community can do so on Twitter (@outmakinggames) or on Slack (join here).
Any organisations looking to find out more about the Out Making Games sponsorship programme can contact the team on outmakinggames@gmail.com.
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