Over £65,000 (â‚¬77,001, $100,925) was raised for leading British gay charity Stonewall at their 10th annual equality walk in Brighton.

More than 800 people took part in the 10km walk to tackle anti-gay bullying on Sunday (5 May).

Stonewall says they will use the funds raised to finance a new film for primary schools called Free to raise awareness of homophobia.

Lesbian comedian Zoe Lyons, who lives in Brighton, hosted the walk. She congratulated the highest fundraisers including individual fundraiser Jason Sloan, who won a weekend in Paris. He had raised over £1,000.

Members of Parliament (MP) Caroline Lucas, Simon Kirby and John Bercow, Speaker of the UK’s House of Commons, attended the 10km walk alongside Brighton and Hove’s Mayor Bill Randall.

Stonewall’s head of education Wes Streeting said: ‘We’re truly bowled over by how hard our 800 walkers worked to raise such a huge sum for our anti-bullying work.

‘While we all enjoyed the sunshine, we always kept in mind the fact that over half of gay young people in Britain face a gloomy nightmare of homophobic bullying at school.

‘Every penny raised this weekend will help us make sure those young people can look forward to better days.’

The film Free will be used to help teachers tackle homophobic bullying in UK schools.

Free is currently in production and more information can be found here on the Stonewall website.