One down, two to go

Thanks to everyone who masked up with us on Friday for our first Sydney Festival event of the summer - the Rise and fall of Saint George.

We were part of the sold out crowd at the beautiful Barangaroo Reserve for the show. To see more photos from Friday’s outing, click here.

Markets and memory lane

Following Friday’s gig, we have two more Sydney Festival events penciled in the diary.

We’re inviting buddies to join us at at the Australian Design Centre’s Makers Market in Darlinghurst this Saturday (23/1), followed by a walk down memory lane at the Australian Maritime Museum on Friday 29/1.

Both events are free. To join us at either click on the links listed below:

ADC Makers Market: Sydney Festival Edition @ Australian Design Centre, Darlinghurst. Saturday 23 January. Price: free
A Mile in My Shoes @ Australian National Maritime Museum, Pyrmont. Friday 29 January. Price: free

The links above have information about each event, including meeting places and performance times. Please note, the present covid situation is ever evolving and, should any of our plans change, we’ll make an announcement.

If you have any questions or would like more information, send us an email: info@gigbuddiessydney.org, get in touch on Facebook Messenger or contact us via text or on the phone on 0422 061 990.

Zoom with your pets

As for the here and now, this week we invite buddies to join us online for pet-a-rama.

This takes place on Thursday (21/1) at 4pm. If you would like to introduce your furry friends to other buddies, click on the following link:

Thursday 21/1

- 4pm: Gig Buddies Sydney pet-a-rama

All online games will take place via Zoom. For information on how to use Zoom, load up the following easy read guide written by Learning Disability Wales. Alternatively, click here to check out our 'how to use Zoom' video.

If you have any questions or would like more information, send us an email: info@gigbuddiessydney.org, get in touch on Facebook Messenger or contact us via text or on the phone on either 0422 061 990 or 0412 145 819.

A change to the diary

On the subject of our online activities, following feedback we’re to rotate the days when our weekly chats and Zoom games take place.

All online activities start at 4pm, and this week our schedule is as follows: chat with us on Tuesday or Friday, and bring your furry friends to our pet-a-rama on Thursday.

As for the following week: chat with us on Monday or Wednesday, with an online activity to take place on Friday.

Give me five

It’s been a busy week on the pairing and training front.

Firstly, we’d like to welcome our five newest matches to the team: Claire and Louisa (top, L - R), Matt and Oliver (right, L - R), Lizzie and Yasmin (left, L - R), Elspeth and Camilla (bottom, up - down), and Edmond and Sarah (not pictured).

Two more to the team

While we’d also like to say ‘thank you’ to our newly trained volunteers.

We look forward to pairing Emma and Ava (above, L - R) with their respective buddies soon.

And finally……

We were overwhelmed with the response to last week’s appeal for buddies to join us at Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade.

We went on the hunt for dancers, placard and banner holders, a photographer / videographer and, for those who couldn’t make it on March 6th but would like to help out, prop designers - and all positions were filled within days.

To those who have booked up, thank you. We’ll be in touch soon to talk dance routines and banner designs.

Matthew, Carol, Tony, Bec and Chelsea

info@gigbuddiessydney.org

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The Gig Buddies Sydney project is an initiative of ACL Disability Services.