A campaign for people with learning disabilities… fighting for the right to party!
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Heavy Load are playing on the 22nd January at the Pure Nightclub, Printworks in Manchester. We’re looking forward to seeing some familiar faces and meeting the rest of the Manachester gang - it’s going to be a great night, hope to see you there!
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Heavy Load’s Stay Up Late campaign beat 117 other support providers from around the country to win the prestigious Lemos and Crane Support Action Net Award. The award is given to projects that demonstrate an innovative approach towards improving the lives of vulnerable people, so it’s a huge honour for the band. Here’s some of the lovely comments from the judges:
“Absolutely brilliant. What a spectacularly obvious thing to challenge! Everyone should be able to stay up late if they want to.”
”Such a fundamental choice for any individual to ‘stay up late’ and to enjoy punk music at the same time has to be a great thing, I hope Heavy Load get to tour wider afield!”
“The stay up late campaign is infectious in its simplicity. Great to see something that is both fun and has a serious policy focus - engaging both service users and challenging practitioners.”
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Today we are pleased to present you with our new website!! This new site will allow us to bring more information to you and keep you up to date with regular news and events. By using the comments facility you know have the ability to have your say about the campaign and the information presented here. We will also have regular polls and are developing a Gallery page that will run from a Flickr feed - allowing you to display photos from your own Stay Up Late events on this website.
We hope that the redevelopment of the website will further add to the growing momentum of the campaign.
Keep it Late!
