We’re a grassroots charity that enables adults with learning disabilities and autistic people to lead active social lives and make decisions about how they want to live their life.
We work to erode social isolation and campaign to challenge limiting social care practices.
Our charity is also the home of the Gig Buddies project, which we started in Sussex but which has grown into a national and international movement.
That all people with learning disabilities and autistic people are able to lead full and active social lives and everything that leads from that. It’s not just about the fight for the right to party – it’s the right to live the life you want, whenever suits you.
Ending inflexible support for people with learning disabilities.
Making partying for people with learning disabilities a normal thing to do.
To re-centre care and support around what truly matters.
Supporting people with learning disabilities and autistic people to go out to gigs and events with a volunteer who shares the same interests through our Gig Buddies and Sports Buddies projects.
Gig Buddies and Sports Buddies are our projects that pair up people with and without learning disabilities in Sussex to be friends and to go to events together.
This is where our charity started and we’re developing more ways for more people with learning disabilities to fight for their right to party!
This is the way that we share our Gig Buddies project with other organisations who want to replicate our work.
We want as many people with learning disabilities and/or autism to have social lives as possible and so working with partner organisations who share our passion and philosophy is the best way for us to do this.
Our training sessions are always delivered in our style of presenting serious issues with large dollops of fun and involvement.
We can design sessions according to what you need around participation, campaigning, volunteer recruitment and culture change.
For specific topics visit our training page or drop us a line to tell us what you’re looking for.
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