Gig Buddies Blog

These are our insights into social life and work in our community
21 September 2018

Gig Buddies newsletter September – October 2018

Here is our September and October newsletter In this edition you will find…… Advice to new volunteers from Victoria our Quality Checker at Gig Buddies […]

17 August 2018

New volunteers ask Victoria questions about Gig Buddies

Victoria, our Quality Checker at Gig Buddies,  co-faciliates volunteer training for new volunteer buddies. Her experience and knowledge is very valuable and she often gets […]

30 June 2018

Social franchising – what we’ve learned from Gig Buddies in a Box

And our top tips from what we’ve learned so far This is an article first shared on our main Stay Up Late website looking at […]

6 June 2018

Celebrating volunteers week

This week, along with thousands of other organisations across the UK, we’re celebrating Volunteers Week to show our appreciation for the work of growing band […]

24 May 2018

Volunteer Survey Feedback

As the Gig Buddies project grows bigger and as the demand for our work increases we do not have the capacity to see every volunteer […]

17 May 2018

De-stigmatising disabilities over dinner.

Last week the some East Sussex Gig Buddies went to Bill’s Restaurant for dinner. There were a few new faces amongst the crowd and one […]

2 May 2018

Its interview time with Tom.

This week the Stay Up Late team are interviewing for 2 new roles. One of them is a project worker for the Gig Buddies project […]

1 May 2018

Gig Buddies Newsletter May – June 2018

Here is our May and June newsletter In this edition you will find…. Information about socials we are running in Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes and Chichester. […]

15 April 2018

Gig Buddies evaluation – the work so far

– it’s serious fun and that’s official! Last year we were delighted to work with Research in Practice For Adults (RiPFA) who conducted our external […]

11 April 2018

Storm and Thunder minutes March 2018

Here are the Storm and Thunder Meeting Notes from our Meeting on:Wednesday 28th March 2018   Who was here: Bernie, David Briggs, Kate, Holly, Chris […]

5 April 2018

The Gig Buddies Project has turned 5 years old!

There have so many incredible moments  over the last 5 years! We’ve seen how Gig Buddies’ independence grows by being part of the project and […]

24 March 2018

Join the Stay Up Late team – we’re recruiting

We’ve got two new positions on our team Gig Buddies project assistant You will support the work of the Gig Buddies project with a particular […]