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Paul Richards Director
@heavy_load [email protected]
‘promoting full and active social lives for people with learning disabilities’
www.stayuplate.org
Sunset in Brighton by Joao Paulo Fernandes licensed under CC BY 2.0
Brighton Pavilion by Tomas Maltby licensed under CC BY 2.0
Hove seafront looking east by ephemerol licensed under CC BY 2.0
Untitled by Mike Hellers licensed under CC BY 2.0
The Seven Sisters, Sussex, England, UK by weesam2010 licensed under CC BY 2.0
Brighton Pride 2009 – 157 by Tom Coady licensed under CC BY 2.0
How our charity started
Family
Close friends
Shared interests
Paid to be in your life
People youKnow but not by name
Family
Paid to be in your life
People youKnow but not by name
Gig Buddies is a volunteer befriending project that seeks to build community capacity by enabling people with shared interests to connect, working in an assets based way.The focus is promoting positive physical and mental well-being for the individuals involved, as well as collectively for the wider community. Blah, blah, blah…!
Gig Buddies is a volunteer befriending project that seeks to build community capacity by enabling people with shared interests to connect, working in an assets based way.The focus is promoting positive physical and mental well-being for the individuals involved, as well as collectively for the wider community. Blah, blah, blah…!
How Gig Buddies works
Gig Buddies
Volunteering Made Easier
You can call them Al by NMK Photography is licensed under CC BY 2.0
(Learning Disability Coalition 2010)
1.4M people in UK
47% spend most time at home 51% say they feel lonely
64% don’t see their friends
You can call them Al by NMK Photography is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Bon Big Breakfast by bob walker is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Ashtray by Thomas is licensed under CC BY 2.0
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved”
Mother TeresaHis24-Mother Teresa by Ludie Cochrane is licensed under CC BY 2.0
What’s getting in the way?• Need support• Community safety• Confidence/motivation• No-one to go with• What’s on?• Transport
27Metal Brotherhood by Alessandro Amodio is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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29The Flaming Lips @ The Palace Theatre by remixyourface is licensed under CC BY 2.0
The Storm and Thunder Team
70+ pairs of buddies
700+ gigs and events
11 Festivals
68% of volunteers didn’t have friend with learning disability
48% are new to volunteering
Evaluation report
Recruiting volunteers
Drumkit by The Missing Sticks is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Recruiting volunteersSocial media
6%Adverts & Magazines
13%
Pubs & Venues17%
Friends & Volunteers21%
Online11%
Other organi-sations
17%
Our events & stands15%
Drumkit by The Missing Sticks is licensed under CC BY 2.0
The Contiguous United StatesVisualized by distance to the nearest McDonald’s Created by Stephen Von Worleyhttp://www.weathersealed.com/tags/maps/Location data courtesy of AggDatahttp://www.aggdata.com/
McDistance from a McDonalds, created by Stephen Von Worley at datapointed.net by Duncan Hull is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Paul Richards Director
@heavy_load [email protected]
‘promoting full and active social lives for people with learning disabilities’
www.stayuplate.org
