Gig Buddies evaluation showing that the project isn’t just fun, it’s really serious fun – delivering some great outcomes for people with learning disabilities.

Punks In The Community celebrates community minded organisations that are improving the lives of people by being disruptive and challenging, and above all else just getting stuff done.

We’re proud winners of an award for Innovative Practice from The Zero Project for our Gig Buddies project.

Check out our guides to staying safe and healthy. So far we’ve got guides on ‘Sex & Relationships’, ‘Being active and healthy’ and ‘Alcohol’.

Join our campaign to bring an end to inflexible support that prevents people with learning disabilities to be able to lead the lives they want, and to Stay Up Late!

Join our movement here

Love live music, want to support people in your community to get out, make friends and see great bands? Become a Gig Buddy volunteer

Thank you to support from Pete Thomas who has raised funds to support our work through sales of his CDs and tuition book Taming The Saxophone and from members of Cafe Saxophone.

We’re a charity that promotes full and active social lives for people with learning disabilities, because we don’t think life stops at 9pm!

Although we’re called Stay Up Late  we don’t actually care what time you go to bed. As long as YOU get to make that choice!

Stay Up Late has been included on the 2014 New Radicals list, compiled by Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, and The Observer.