Stay up late blog

Last year we got involved in an almost accidental project. I was chatting with the lovely Sam Watts from Make Real who was a fan of the Heavy Load movie, a native Brightonian and an expert in virtual reality. He wondered if there was some way in which we could work together and invited me […]

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A few years ago we were running a variety of workshops and talks at conferences and forums around the country. We wanted to get people to think about the obstacles that exist that are getting in the way of people with learning disabilities from leading the life that they want. In doing this we found […]

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It’s time again for the Stay Up Late annual review and it’s been another rip-roaring year for the charity and here we’ve had a look back at just some of the highlights, and also some of the challenges that we’ve faced. It’s been an amazing year, I can’t believe what we achieved. 2018 was the […]

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You don’t need to have large buildings to create institutions for people with learning disabilities, just inflexible and de-humanising practices. Here we’re having a think about a few of those. I read a weird thing on the Gr8 Support Movement FacebookGroup the other day. Someone had been shopping in Bluewater and whilst getting in to […]

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Why we’ve decided to organise an (un)Ordinary conference. Earlier this year Alex Fox published his book ‘A New Health and Care System – Escaping the Invisible Asylum’. In it, Shaun Webster, a self-advocate who works for Leeds based charity Change, talks about his own experience of conferences. He speaks all over the UK, and overseas, and […]

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What a great and busy fortnight we have had here at the Stay Up Late and Gig Buddies team! We had our Gig Buddies partners day, the Stay Up Late AGM, 5 socials, volunteer training, Carol from Gig Buddies Australia came for a visit, Paul spoke at the Social Care Futures and the Greater London […]

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                                                                 Click here to read October’s storm and Thunder team note. 

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Last month saw the opening of Rightful Lives, an online exhibition exploring the theme of Human Rights and people with learning disabilities and/or autism. They make the very good point that the Human Rights Act seems to barely touch the lives of people with learning disabilities, and of course there have been some very high […]

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                                                      (Jay, Bradley and The Cut Chemist at Concorde 2)   Me & Bradley have been Gig Buddies for 3 years now. It’s something we both really enjoy and […]

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Here’s a quick note to give some guidance on where you can and can’t park in Sussex when you’re out and about with your Gig Buddy. Its particularly aimed at Blue Badge holders, parking in Sussex can be a minefield as it is, add in a blue badge and you could be in for a […]

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