Podcasts about gig buddies

Have you heard of Gig Buddies? The project match people with learning disabilities & autism with a volunteer who shares the same interests so they can go to “mainstream” events or get fit and healthy as friends! Jo Gray recently met a local volunteer at Victorious. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We should all have the right to choose how we live our lives, even if that means taking risks and making mistakes. But too often people with additional needs aren't being given opportunities to take risks and to learn from their mistakes. My guest this week Carol Smail shares her experiences of the impact this lack of choice has, as well as what can happen when people are given the opportunity to make their own choices. Too often the focus is on reducing risk, but that only reduces choice and doesn't necessarily make anyone safer.  Open Future Learning Video  

Finding friends with common interests can be difficult for anyone and for young people with additional needs it is often more challenging because their social network is smaller. That is why projects like Gig Buddies are so important as my guest in this episode Carol Smail from Gig Buddies Sydney explains. Carol not only talks about the vision behind Gig Buddies but the role it plays in breaking down stereotypes about people with additional needs. Gig Buddies Sydney Find Your nearest Gig Buddies Start Your Own Gig Buddies Find out about the history of Gig Buddies - Episode 68 Stay Up Late

Feel The Void comes out this Friday! Head to your local record store to get the Equal Vision / End Hits Records release.Get 15% off your Seity Socks order - they are comfy fresh!! 10% goes to amazing charity Gig Buddies, which helps people with learning difficulties to experience and enjoy their local concerts.Music:Hot Water Music 'Collect Your Things And Run', Cock Sparrer 'Working' See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DEV from punk powerhouse IDLES discusses how music was his rock when losing his mother and how he is constantly working on self care to find balance. Find out more about Gig Buddies

Dewan-Dean Soomary joins me talking about working at his uncle's greasy spoons and guitar shops, writing for other people, Bleach Blood and The King Blues, and how he discovered a turn to synth music. Seity Socks in Brighton have a new range of seriously soft socks, made from organic cotton in the Ukraine and delivered in sustainable packaging. Using '101SOCKS' at checkout, you can get 15 per cent off your order on seitysocks.com - with 10 per cent of all profits going to Gig Buddies, who are enabling people with learning difficulties to fully enjoy their communities through attending live music events.Get your beers delivered! 101 Part Time Jobs is supported by Signature Brew: listeners can get 10% off all their beers by visiting signaturebrew.co.uk and using the code '101PODCAST'.Songs: Teenage Sequence 'The City Is Hungover', Cock Sparrer 'Working' See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Before she plays her biggest headline show at Village Underground next Monday, Katy J Pearson joined me talking about prioritising music since she was a teenager, paying her band before herself - and working at a second hand shop, at a launderettes & as a KP.Her debut album Return is out now via Heavenly Recordings - https://katyjpearson.bandcamp.com/album/returnSeity Socks in Brighton have a new range of seriously soft socks, made from organic cotton in the Ukraine and delivered in sustainable packaging. You can get 10 per cent off your order on seitysocks.com - with 10 per cent of all profits going to Gig Buddies, who are enabling people with learning difficulties to fully enjoy their communities through attending live music events.Get your beers delivered! 101 Part Time Jobs is supported by Signature Brew: listeners can get 10% off all their beers by visiting signaturebrew.co.uk and using the code '101PODCAST'Songs: Katy J Pearson 'Take Back the Radio', Cock Sparrer 'Working' See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fix Yourself, Not The World is The Wombats new album - arriving 7 January. Dan Haggis joins me talking about teaching drums, studying French, being a billing clerk at a solicitors, staying collaborative and more.Get your beers delivered! 101 Part Time Jobs is supported by Signature Brew: listeners can get 10% off all their beers by visiting signaturebrew.co.uk and using the code '101PODCAST'Seity Socks in Brighton have a new range of seriously soft socks, made from organic cotton in the Ukraine and delivered in sustainable packaging. You can get 10 per cent off your order on seitysocks.com - with 10 per cent of all profits going to Gig Buddies, who are enabling people with learning difficulties to fully enjoy their communities through attending live music events.Songs: The Wombats 'Everything I Love Is Going To Die', Cock Sparrer 'Working' See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello everyone  and welcome to my first podcast I did with Tom Spencer.   We talk about all the groups he attends like Hijinx, TAPE, Luv2MeetU, Gig Buddies, Deeside Radio and other things. You can find my discussions with David Wilberforce on Facebook YouTube. Thanks DW   Discussions with David Wilberforce on FaceBook www.tapemusicandfilm.co.uk https://www.hijinx.org.uk https://gigbuddies.org.uk https://radiodeeside.com Luv2MeetU    

Show notes for this podcast are at:  Sue talks about her AMAZING year also 3 of her favourite talks. https://suelarkey.com.au/slp-050-sue-discusses-love-on-the-spectrum-hannah-gatsby-ted-talk-gig-buddies-sydney Join the facebook group specifically for this podcast - https://www.facebook.com/groups/suelarkeypodcastcommunity/   To learn more about teaching or understanding ASD please visit my website below. https://elearning.suelarkey.com.au

One of the best things about becoming an adult is that no one can tell you what to do, when to do it and what time to be home. However, that’s not always the case for young people with additional needs. Often they still have rules in place that don’t apply to their peers. Stay Up Late is all about changing that and making it easy for anyone to stay up late, stay out late and enjoy the social they want on their terms. Paul Richards the founder of Stay Up Late explains where the idea from stay up late came from when he saw first-hand what happens when people are not able to have choose how they spend their evenings. Kate Ogden the manager of Gig Buddies which buddies people up so they can go to gigs in a safe and supportive way discusses how gig buddies works, how they make sure people are safe and how they are expanding the model around the world though a franchise model.  Stay Up Late is such a simple idea but one that does so much more than what it says it does, it promotes integration, acceptance and provides people with additional needs a solid base upon which they can start to build a social life of their choice.    

Gig Buddies is a project that matches people with a learning disability with a volunteer who shares similar interests to engage in nightlife activities together. Michael McEwan interviews the Scotland project manager, Samuel Maggs and also speaks to a user of the service, Kerry Ferguson.  Transcript of episode Music Credit: Make your dream a reality by Scott Holmes.

Foodhall is an award winning community centre, dining room and kitchen in Sheffield city centre with an aim to bring people together.An accessible public space where people can come along and share, Foodhall, which is open daily, has been running for three years. Anyone who comes along can get involved - everyone interacts with everyone else on an equal basis.Foodhall is open on Christmas Day for the third year running and Isaac Tendler told me what will be going on.He also went into detail about Foodhall's community, how and why he became involved, some of the diverse benefits this has given, the variety of activities taking place at Foodhall, how the project secures funding and "doing a lot, with not very much" thanks to donations and a community network.Also on the show: a return visit from Steve Rimmer, telling us more about developments with Tickets For Good, Ticket Bank and the Gig Buddies Sheffield project.Tickets For Good now has over 10,000 people on its platform, is growing its team, and pushing forward on its mission to make events more charitable through ticketing. Steve described how this is evolving, its impact, and some significant milestones. 10% of revenues are automatically donated to charities (often more).In 2018 the team launched a secure-chain-of-custody system for event organisers wanting to donate tickets to people through its Ticket Bank. This free service ensures donated tickets do reach the people they are intended for - rather then being sold off on secondary markets.Steve also described the Gig Buddies programme, a voluntary network to help people get to gigs. Operational in 10+ locations in the UK it will be coming to Sheffield in 2019 in a partnership.As a serial social entrepreneur, Steve gets a lot done in a well planned, well considered way – so I had to ask the question of how he finds the energy and gets so much done. He also previewed several exciting plans and partnerships for scaling-up the impact of Tickets for Good in 2019 – you heard it here, first!0 - 2:38 introduction and updates2:38 - 22:15 Isaac Tendler22:15 - 23:50 how to get in touch and be on the show23:50 - 39:32 Steve Rimmer39:32 - end wrapping up the show - and the year - and a shout out for some fantastic, impactful organisations to support this festive season

It's Episode 20 of Challenging Behaviours, the podcast that aims to challenge behaviours towards diability. In this episode we were lucky enough to spend some time with Frank Turner and discuss his recent work with Gig Buddies and Stay Up Late, and the importance of Inclusion. We also discuss a recent project of ours called the #ICanPlaylist, which you can find on spotify and youtube. We talk about Stay Up Late/Gig Buddies in episode 12, and The Undateables in episode 4 Get in touch with us on twitter @challengingpod Tom @rapidrhino123 Jack @waspskillbears Or email challeningbehaviourspodcast@gmail.com www.challengingbehaviours.wordpress.com

It's episode 12 of Challenging Behaviours! The podcast the challenges behaviours towards disability. After being inspired by Stay Up Late and Gig Buddies, Jack and Tom discuss going out, nightlife, and going to see bands and some of the barriers that may exist. Give us a tweet @challengingpod or an email challengingbehaviourspodcast@gmail.com www.challengingbehaviours.wordpress.com

Welcome to the first episode of  the disabilitymatch Podcast.  We start with an interview with Katie from Gig Buddies which is a super cool charity down in Sussex to help people with learning disabilities attend gigs and other events safely in the company of a 'Gig Buddy'.   Gig Buddies is part of the Stay up Late campaign @StayUpLateUK to help people with learning disabilities enjoy night time socialising without depending on their regular carers.  You can contact them via their website or catch them on twitter @gigbuddies This first episode also has a 'destination report' which will be a regular podcast feature.  We are delighted to have the expertise from Gillian at disabledholidays.com who will talk to you about suitable holidays and destinations that you might not have even considered.  Today Gillian looks at Tenerife which is a favourite destination of mine and has a great climate all year round. It is a resort with great wheelchair accessibility.   Because disabilitymatch is a disabled dating site we thought it essential to have a really good disabled sex expert on the show to front our 'Intimacy Report'.  We are delighted to have with us Robin Wilson-Beattie  who is based in Atlanta Georgia and is an expert on sex and disability.  Robin Wilson-Beattie is a member of the Association of American Sexual Educators, Counselors and Therapists(AASECT). She has been involved in sexuality education and awareness since high school. After acquiring a physical disability, she began in 2008 speaking on sexuality and disability topics and issues. Robin has done presentations and speeches at conferences, medical schools, and disability organizations. You can reach Robin through her website http://www.sexabledwithrobinwb.com  or follow her on twitter @sexAbled