Gig Buddies: Teaming up persons with learning disabilities or autism for leisure activities
Channel: Zero Project
Date: 30/04/2021

Welcome to the awardee video of Stay Up Late´s Gig Buddies Online Service, a winner of the 2018 Zero Project Award on Accessibility.

Located in the South of England, the NGO “Stay Up Late” developed “Gig Buddies”, a program supporting socially isolated people with learning disabilities and/or autism and encouraging them to be active in their communities. Such individuals are introduced to a volunteer befriender who shares the same cultural passions as they do, which typically include live music and sport events, nature walks, as well as theatre and other cultural activities. By mid of 2017, there are 85 active “buddy pairs.”

Speaker:
Paul Richards, Stay Up Late, United Kingdom


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