Beneficiaries
Supporting The Community
Darklands supports events and elections by donating prizes or taking adverts in event program guides. Titleholder elections are usually sponsored with prizes for the winner, and first and second runners up.
On several occasions we have also donated a small amount for the titleholder’s travel fund and/or offered tokens for the upcoming Darklands.
The events we’ve supported were sometimes given free advertising in the Darklands program magazine. In some cases, mutual support agreements have been made to exchange ads and cooperate in other promotions for the support of their event and Darklands.
In addition to events and elections, Darkands and We Are One also support clubs and organizations by offering them free booth space at our vendor market. This way, fetish clubs can promote themselves and even raise money to cover their operational costs. For example, MSC Belgium organizes a second-hand market at Darklands which has become the club’s most important source of funding.
In 2016, the We Are One foundation was established. Over the Darklands weekend, WR1 collects donations from visitors which is then split evenly between the new titleholders elected during the event and a charity organization. Over the past years, donations of € 7.500 (2022), €13.026 (2023) and €6.589 (2024) we’re collected and shared amongst all charities and the titleholder’s travel fund so they can take part in international elections and support their fetish community during their title year
Get support for your election / event
If you are organising a fetish community event or title election then Darklands is looking forward to support you. Send an e-mail to info@darklands.com including the event / election details and we’ll get back to you to sort things out.
The only thing we ask in return is that you mention Darklands proportionally in your communication and at the event / election itself. We can provide you with the Darklands logo.
Main Beneficiary of 2025
The LA&M is one of the most significant accomplishments of the late 20th century movement for the rights, dignity, improved status, and self-acceptance of the leather and kink populations.
The museum recently launched a campaign to raise $2 million for much-needed renovations including making the entire collection wheelchair accessible.
Darklands has donated a first amount of $ 5000 to be followed by a donation of the money raised by WR1 this year.
Beneficiaries of past years
A selection of organizations and events that we have proudly supported in recent years.
Antwerp Pride (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend (Cleveland, United States of America)
Crash Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Folsom Europe (Berlin, Germany)
Hamburg Leather Weekend (Hamburg, Germany)
International Mister Leather (Chicago, United States of America)
Maspalomas Fetish Week (Las Palmas, Spain)
Mister Bear Belgium (Brussels, Belgiumà
Mister Boots Fetish (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Mister Fetish Gran Canaria (Las Palmas, Spain)
Mister Fetish Italy (Padova, Italy)
Mister Latex France (Paris, France)
Mister Leather Belgium (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Mister Leather Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Mister Puppy Europe (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Mister Puppy Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Mister Rubber Europe (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Mister Rubber Poland (Warsaw, Poland)
Mister Rubber Spain (Barcelona, Spain)
Mister Superhero Fetish (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Nice So Fétiche (Nice, France)
PIG party Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Summerfiesta (Las Palmas, Gran Canaria)
BLF (Berlin, Germany)
Christmas Charity Dinner (Manchester, United Kingdom)
CSD Cologne Fetish Truck (Koln, Germany)
Festish (France)
Great Lakes Leather Alliance (Indianapolis, USA)
Mallorca Fetish Week (Spain)
Manchester Rubber Weekend (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Mental Health project by Dries, Mr rubber Europe
Miss Leather Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Mister Fetish Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
Mister Sneakers Belgium (Belgium)
Mister Leather Europe (Rome, Italy)
Robust Party (Antwerp, Belgium)
Warsaw Fetish Weekend (Warsaw, Poland)
Xtreme Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
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