Stay up late blog

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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Are you passionate about enabling people with learning disabilities to lead full and active social lives?   Are you well organised and experienced at supporting volunteers?   Or are you passionate about campaigning for peoples’ rights?   Are you happy to dance in public? (No skill required!)   <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: […]

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Its hate crime awareness week and here at Stay Up Late we hear all too often, first hand, accounts of disability hate crime. How it can have lasting effect on confidence and self-esteem and ultimately diminishes people’s right to feel welcome and safe in their own community. During this week we hope to aim a […]

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‘Just Say No!’ is going to be our mantra for next month, that’s why we’re calling it ‘Just Say No!vember’. The past few years have been an incredible time for us as our work. Our staff team has grown, we’ve been building new relationships with other organisations in other parts of the UK, and the […]

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