Gig Buddies Blog

These are our insights into social life and work in our community
4 January 2021

January 2021 Newsletter

Happy New Year everyone! As we welcome in the new year, the Gig Buddies team have lots of exciting socials planned to keep you entertained. […]

27 November 2020

Being a good buddy – whilst we can’t be ‘gig’ buddies

Where are we? The current reality has turned a lot of life on its head. At Gig Buddies, it felt like we needed to go [...]
26 November 2020

December 2020 newsletter

It might not be the kind of Christmas-time we’re all used to, but here’s our latest news and a lineup of socials to get 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 […]

14 October 2020

Gig Buddies Say No To Discrimination

In recent months we’ve seen lots in the news about the Black Lives Matter movement. We talked about how we felt about this at a […]

30 September 2020

October 2020 Newsletter

Meet our new team members and see what we’ve got lined up for October in this month’s newsletter!

11 September 2020

Socially distanced Gig Buddying – what we’re encouraging

Socially distanced Gig Buddying – what we’re encouraging Please note that this article is for everyone connected with Gig Buddies in Sussex. (Gig Buddies projects [...]
2 September 2020

Newsletter September 2020

Here’s the Gig Buddies September 2020 newsletter. We’re excited to tell you that we’re beginning to try some in person meet-ups this month, but we’ve […]

29 July 2020

All In One Day Festival – a lockdown event by all the Gig Buddies projects

On Saturday 1st August we're holding a 12 hour online festival featuring all of the Gig Buddies projects from around the UK and Sydney Australia. [...]
28 July 2020

August 2020 Newsletter

At Gig Buddies we are taking a little break to enjoy the summer and hopefully some sunny weather. This means we haven’t got as many […]

30 June 2020

Gig Buddies July Newsletter

Yet another month in lockdown and at Gig Buddies we are missing you all, we continue to stay connected online or on the phone even […]

19 June 2020

Jason’s friendship blog – Learning Disability Week 2020

Jason and Victoria Gig Buddies participant and Stay Up Late quality checker, Jason O’Neill, writes here about his friendship with Victoria for Learning Disability Week […]