Gig Buddies Blog

These are our insights into social life and work in our community
12 January 2023

Paul and Lee’s Status Quo Review

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Two people dancing together on a dance floor with other people around them.
4 January 2023

Volunteer as a Gig Buddy

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25 November 2022

New Gig Buddies matches

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Two Gig Buddies sitting down smiling, one with arm around the other
25 November 2022

New Gig Buddies matches

Read next – Chris and Jay – getting ‘The Spaceship’ ready for launch and Paul and Lee’s Status Quo Review

Two Gig Buddies using laptop and DJ equipment
13 November 2022

Chris and Jay – getting ‘The Spaceship’ ready for launch

Sharing a love of DJing Chris and Jay talk about their friendship Chris has DJ'd regularly at many club nights for people with learning disabilities [...]
28 September 2022

Roger and Tash Sports Buddies

Roger and Tash Sports Buddies   Covid impact on Roger  Before Covid, Roger said he had been very active and in his younger days in [...]
17 June 2022

Sports Buddies 1st birthday

Read next – Daniel Wakeford and the Power of Music and Community and Our latest Gig Buddies matches

2 June 2022

We’ve won the Queen’s Award

We've been awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. That's the equivalent of an MBE for the charity. The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (the [...]
27 May 2022

Paul awarded a Points of Light award by the Prime Minister

Read next – Lee talks small venues and bands in music accessibility and Paul and Lee’s Status Quo Review

23 May 2022

How Gig Buddies got started

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13 April 2022

How small steps make massive life changes

Read next – New Gig Buddies matches Read more about the significant health benefits of Gig Buddies: New Participatory Research Project in Partnership with UCL

6 April 2022

Daniel – getting his confidence back

Daniel - getting his confidence back Daneil loves having his Gig Buddy volunteer Darren, they used to get up to all sorts of fun together [...]