Gig Buddies Blog

First impressions of Gig Buddies from our intern Sarah

Sarah arrived from Berlin, Germany at the beginning of March and moved to Brighton for her placement at Stay Up Late. Here she talks about […]

Gig Buddies in lockdown – April 20

We've had to take as much of Gig Buddies online, and on to the phone, as much as possible while we're on lockdown with the [...]

Coronavirus update for all Gig Buddies volunteers

Dear Gig Buddy Volunteers, Following government advise last night on the 16th March,  around the coronavirus outbreak, we have decided to suspend all Gig Buddying [...]

Time to pause for thought with gig buddies in Eastbourne.

Our student intern Martina joined us for another social in Eastbourne to meet gig buddies and see some of them perform! Here’s what she said about her experience.

Gig Buddies review of the year – 2019

It’s been another fantastic year for us on the Gig Buddies project and here’s just some of our highlights. There’s loads more from our other […]

It’s only rock and roll but we like it!

We love hearing stories of gig buddies teaming up when their usual gig buddy isn’t available which is exactly what Daniel and Darren from St […]

Eat, Sleep, Gig, Repeat – for World Mental Health day 10th Oct

A year ago we published this blog not knowing that by now we would have a sister project in Brighton called Gig Buddies For Good […]

Steve and Shannara- Working towards independent travel

Steve, Volunteer said “Before joining Gig Buddies I’d never volunteered before but when I heard about the scheme it seemed like the perfect opportunity to […]