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two women dancing with headphones, participatory research
8 August 2024

New Participatory Research Project in Partnership with UCL

Gig Buddies – a life less quiet! We are excited to announce the launch of a new participatory research initiative in collaboration with University College […]

Daniel with his band members and gig buddies from around the country showing disability solidarity.
22 May 2024

Daniel Wakeford and the Power of Music and Community

Highlighting the impact of music on community, showcasing Daniel Wakeford's gigs fostering connections and inclusivity for people with learning disabilities. Daniel Wakeford and the Power [...]
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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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 [...]
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 [...]
28 September 2021

Sharing Gig Buddies – How we share it and what we’ve learned

Sharing Gig Buddies How we share it and what we’ve learned We started our Gig Buddies project in Brighton and Hove over 8 ½ years [...]
16 February 2021

My big football family – by Sas Granville

Sas’s football blog In this blog Gig Buddies participant Sas Granville tells us all about her love of football and how she has stayed in […]

12 January 2021

Socials Socials Socials!

It’s no secret here at Gig Buddies that we’ve been absolutely loving our zoom socials, it is so much fun to hang out with you […]

15 October 2020

Meet Annie – our new Gig Buddies Project Assistant

“I’m just really pleased to be part of the team and excited to be part of such an exclusive and inspiring community of people” Annie […]

17 June 2020

Close friends in lockdown – Victoria and Sas

Close friends in lockdown – Victoria and Sas A blog for Learning Disability Week by Victoria Smith This year for Learning Disability Week we are […]