Gig Buddies with Thera Trust

Gig Buddies with Thera Trust Gig Buddies with Thera Trust enables people with a learning disability to get out to more events and enjoy the social life they choose.

Our current local projects are: Gig Buddies Edinburgh, West Lothian, and Glasgow. We do this by paring our members to a volunteer who shares the same interests as them. Our 'Gig Buddies' then choose which events they go to each month and enjoy their shared passion together. Gig Buddies was set up in 2013 by Stay Up Late in Brighton and has since been established in Sydney, Australia and now here in Scotland.

๐Ÿป We've teamed up with  and we're hosting a quiz night fundraiser on Friday 17th April!๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Tickets are ยฃ5 per person with...
10/03/2026

๐Ÿป We've teamed up with and we're hosting a quiz night fundraiser on Friday 17th April!
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Tickets are ยฃ5 per person with all the money going towards Gig Buddies with Thera Trust.
๐Ÿ’ท Cash on the night or donate in advance here - https://gigbuddiestheratrust.raiselysite.com/2026fundraiser

๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป We're at  today. Come and say hello!
27/02/2026

๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป We're at today. Come and say hello!

๐Ÿ…๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธTaking on a challenge this year? Why not fundraise for Gig Buddies at the same time and join us in celebrating 10 y...
18/02/2026

๐Ÿ…๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธTaking on a challenge this year? Why not fundraise for Gig Buddies at the same time and join us in celebrating 10 years of enabling people to live active social lives and get out to more gigs!
๐Ÿ’ต Start your own fundraiser here - https://supportgigbuddiestheratrust.raiselysite.com/signup

๐ŸŽ‰ PLEASE SHARE ๐ŸŽ‰  ๐ŸฅพWeโ€™re looking for walkers to take part in the Glasgow . ๐Ÿ’ท  Raise money to enable adults with a learni...
26/01/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ PLEASE SHARE ๐ŸŽ‰
๐ŸฅพWeโ€™re looking for walkers to take part in the Glasgow .

๐Ÿ’ท Raise money to enable adults with a learning disability to live an active social life and get out to more gigs!
๐Ÿค˜๐ŸปRead why you should fundraise for Gig Buddies here -https://www.thera.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Gig-Buddies-Thera-Trust_10th-Anniversary-Fundraising-Guide.pdf
โค๏ธ Choose โ€˜Gig Buddies (Thera Trust)โ€™ as your Kiltwalk charity when signing up. Enter โ€˜Thera Trustโ€™ for your Just Giving Page.
๐Ÿ“… Feel free to take on your own challenge or join our group doing the Wee Wander at 11am on Sunday 26th April

Sign up today at www.thekiltwalk.co.uk/events/glasgow to join the Gig Buddies team!

To find out more send us a DM or contact Molly at
๐Ÿ’ปmolly.tavella@thera.co.uk or
๐Ÿ“ฑ 07711388420

In 2026 Gig Buddies with Thera Trust turns 10! We'll be celebrating with fundraising events throughout the year, and we'...
19/01/2026

In 2026 Gig Buddies with Thera Trust turns 10! We'll be celebrating with fundraising events throughout the year, and we'd love to see you get involved in supporting us to enable people to get out to more gigs for another 10 years.

Read about how you can fundraise for Gig Buddies in our latest blog post!

https://www.thera.co.uk/news/gig-buddies-with-thera-trust-turns-10/

๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿป This is our 2025 in numbers๐Ÿ’– Thank you to everyone who volunteers, dontated tickets, donated money, got out to a show...
23/12/2025

๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿป This is our 2025 in numbers

๐Ÿ’– Thank you to everyone who volunteers, dontated tickets, donated money, got out to a show, booked our training, and helped make the ordinary... ordinary
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๐Ÿค˜Gig Buddies with Thera Trust - 2025 Wrapped๐Ÿ‘€ Check out some of what we've been up to this year๐Ÿ’– Far too many people to ...
18/12/2025

๐Ÿค˜Gig Buddies with Thera Trust - 2025 Wrapped
๐Ÿ‘€ Check out some of what we've been up to this year
๐Ÿ’– Far too many people to thank but we'll try .trust


๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿค˜We had a great time on Friday night celebrating 15 years of Thera Scotland and we're delighted that the night raised ยฃ...
24/11/2025

๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿค˜We had a great time on Friday night celebrating 15 years of Thera Scotland and we're delighted that the night raised ยฃ206 for Gig Buddies with Thera Trust!

๐Ÿ’— Huge thank you to Thera (Scotland)s staff, the people they support, and their families and friends for donating so many fantastic raffles prizes, and thanks to Andrina for selling the tickets.

๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿชฉ A massive shout out to Gig Buddies Don, Colin, Stephan, and Robert for the tunes!

๐Ÿคฏ We can't quite believe this is happening.๐ŸŽธ   ๐Ÿค˜17th December at  ๐Ÿ’– Huge thanks to  and  and Sneaky's for the support.๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ...
20/11/2025

๐Ÿคฏ We can't quite believe this is happening.

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๐Ÿค˜17th December at

๐Ÿ’– Huge thanks to and and Sneaky's for the support.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Tickets available now from

๐Ÿ“ฃ We have some changes to our funding that weโ€™d like to share, with an announcement of some new funding, but also saying...
20/10/2025

๐Ÿ“ฃ We have some changes to our funding that weโ€™d like to share, with an announcement of some new funding, but also saying goodbye and thank you to some long-term support. While it brings change, this news doesnโ€™t mean Gig Buddies with Thera will be ending in any of our current areas.

After 8 years of support from West Lothian Council, weโ€™ve recently had confirmation that our contract to deliver Gig Buddies in West Lothian will sadly end in March 2026. While this is sad news for us, we want to thank them for their incredible support of Gig Buddies for such a long time.

Our National Lottery grant for delivery in Glasgow also came to an end this September. Thankfully, we have been awarded a new grant from the National Lottery for costs towards our total staff team over the next 2 years. We are incredibly thankful to the National Lottery for their support of our project.

For these reasons, our focuses on how we support people, and the activity you see from us, may start to change over the next 6 months and into the future. We want to stress that Gig Buddies will not be ending support for any current members in any area we currently operate. In fact, we are currently welcoming referrals new members and volunteers in all areas! So let people know they can sign up to Gig Buddies! Current members and volunteers can reach out to our team with any questions.

Public support for our work remains more vital than ever for us to continue what we do. We are incredibly interested in connecting with local businesses and organisations across the Scottish central belt that share our vision and would like to support our project. If you know of a company who might want to support us, get in touch with Samuel.maggs@thera.co.uk. We also welcome public donations and fundraisers with more info being available here - https://gigbuddiestheratrust.raiselysite.com/

๐ŸŽช We spent our summer enabling people to discover fantastic festivals and great gigs! ๐Ÿ’– Much love to      for their supp...
26/09/2025

๐ŸŽช We spent our summer enabling people to discover fantastic festivals and great gigs!
๐Ÿ’– Much love to for their support!
๐Ÿค˜You can read more about how we enable people to access festivals in our blogs - https://gigbuddiestheratrust.raiselysite.com/blog
๐Ÿ“ท Image text: 'Coming along with Gig Buddies gives me confidence, but also information about what's out there to go to. It's good to have people to share different gigs with.' - Sarah, Gig Buddies member

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Gig Buddies Scotland

Gig Buddies Scotland enables people with a learning disability to get out to more events and enjoy the social life they choose. We do this by paring our members to a volunteer who shares the same interests as them. Our 'Gig Buddies' then choose which events they go to each month and enjoy their shared passion together. We also run a number of regular social events that anyone is welcome to come along to. Simply check out our latest newsletter to see what events are coming up.

We currently operate in Edinburgh, Midlothian, West Lothian, and Glasgow. Gig Buddies was set up in 2013 by Stay Up Late in Brighton and has since been established in Sydney, Australia and now here in Scotland.