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Welcome to Gig Buddies Sydney

What is Gig Buddies?

There are two main parts to the Gig Buddies project

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1. Buddying

Building a one-on-one friendship between a participant and volunteer,

 

2. Events/Socials

Group social events run by the Gig Buddies team.​

Who is Gig Buddies for?

Image of pairs of gig buddies doing things together.

Who is it for?

A Gig Buddies participant is an adult (18 years and older) with mild to moderate learning disability and/or autism, who wants to make new friends and do fun stuff.

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A Gig Buddies volunteer is someone who wants to expand their social circles, make friends, support a person with a disability and do fun things.​

Buddying

How "Buddying" works

The Gig Buddies team matches and pairs a volunteer and an adult with a mild to moderate learning disability and/or autism. 

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Buddies are paired based on mutual interests - such as music tastes, sport and hobbies - and other factors such as location and age.
 

Once paired, buddies go out together once a month for a year (or longer). 

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Click here for FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions.

This is an infographic explaining the five steps involved in becoming a gig buddy

What do buddies do?

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Buddied-up participants and volunteers catch up once a month and choose the "gigs" they both want to go to together.

A "gig" is whatever you want it to be.

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It can be...

opera, theatre, sport, bushwalking, bowling, movies, having dinner, playing pool, surfing, food markets, musical theatre, go cart racing, horse riding, dancing, video games, train spotting, mini golf etc...

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Click here for FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions.

click below to watch a video about the Gig buddies project

Testimonials

Testimonials

roll over images below to see what people are saying about the Gig Buddies project.

get involved...

Buddying - image of two people having fun - if you have a disability and want to do fun stuff with a volunteer
Icon saying Events - Image of people having fun
Volunyteering image for Gig Buddies. Be a volunteer and go to Gigs with an adult with a disability
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the NDIS

Gig Buddies and the NDIS

The standard monthly charge to support the project is 3 hours per month from Core Support or Capacity Building.
 

The charge covers; recruiting, vetting, matching & training volunteers to partner with participants to build friendships & attend live music, sport and other events.
The monthly charge also includes access* to the many Gig Buddies hosted online and live activities and events.
(*some events have additional charges)

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find out more about NDIS here.

People holding the letters n, d, i, and s.

the Gig Buddies project is user-led

This is a photo of the Soul Fly Buddies - Yasmin, Stavros, Lachlan, Joni, Nalyn, Alex, Jack, Audrey and Karen

Yasmin, Stavros, Lachlan, Joni, Nalyn, Alex, Jack, Audrey and Karen

The Soul Fly Buddies
(Gig Buddies' user-led advisory team)

We are an advisory group of participants set up to oversee and advise the Gig Buddies project. We catch up monthly and help shape the Gig Buddies project going forward.

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Click here to visit our page.

more from Gig Buddies...

This image lists the benefits of Gig Buddies - it is also a link to detailed list of benefits
This image says "volunteers wanted" - it links to the volunteers wanted page
gig buddies merchandise
click for photos from gig buddies group events
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