Gig Buddies blog

11 October 2024

Our trip to Butlins for the 70s weekend – by Daniel

Our trip to Butlins for the 70s weekend – by Daniel Randall-Nason Gig Buddies Daniel and Darren recently returned from the 70s weekend at Butlins [...]
Quality checkers laughing and enjoying themself in the office.
30 April 2024

A Day in the Life of a Gig Buddies Coordinator

There is no such thing as a typical day for a Gig Buddies coordinator's day. But here's a snapshot of one day,  communicating with buddies, [...]
3 November 2023

What’s a Sports Buddy?

What's a Sports Buddy? Basketball, badminton, football, cycling, yoga, martial arts, tennis, zumba, swimming, running… These are only some of the activities Sports Buddies chose [...]
25 November 2022

New Gig Buddies matches

Read next – Volunteer as a Gig Buddy

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

  Read next – Our latest Gig Buddies matches

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

22 March 2022

Shannara  – Stay Up Late Ambassador and Public Living Room Volunteer

Shannara has been a Gig Buddy for 5 years and here he tells his story about the other things he is now involved with in [...]
18 February 2022

Oh wow! Me on TV! Daniel’s blog about Gig Buddies on The One Show

Gig Buddies featured on BBC’s The One Show

3 February 2022

Looking back at Gig Buddies in lockdown and looking forward

Read next Our Volunteers’ lockdown TOP TIPS!