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Providing social and educational opportunities for adults with learning disabilities and autism in and around Bedfordshire.

RADIO SHOW!

Our Live internet radio show is on every monday - thursday from 1pm - 3pm. Join us for awesome music, quizzes, games, and regular features from our DJs!

OCTOBER AGM

Another entertaining agm at our hall - thanks to a special performance from our  Thursday music  crew! Click below for the report.

VOLUNTEER

Come and spend your free time doing something fun, worthwhile and extremely rewarding! No experience necessary and full training given.

DONATE

Follow the link to set up a donation and help us to achieve even more amazing things. If you have any other equipment that you feel we could put to good use, please get in touch!

NEXT EVENT 

DISCO - Friday 6th December! 

Russell Park Club, goldington road, Bedford, MK40 3nd

7pm - 11pm

£5 Entry - Carers go free

ANNUAL REPORT

Our annual report is here for all to read! Just click on the link below to download or access the infographic.

 LIVING IT UP 

Living It Up Events formed in 2009. Originally a community group, it became a Community Interest Company in 2016 and a Charity in 2022. Living It Up was initially set up to promote Mencap’s ’Stay Up Late’ national campaign. This campaign was to promote the rights of people with a learning disability to stay up late and have fun. 

Living It Up is run by Claire Crawford-Smith and Fizz Heseltine supported by an amazing team of trustees, one of whom is a member. We pride ourselves as being a user-led organisation and all our projects have advisory groups and committee meetings to enable our participants and members to make decisions about how things are run.

Living It Up now has 5 services currently for adults with learning disabilities and or autism: our original Living It Up Events service (holding bi-monthly discos), a Performing Arts Centre (providing daytime sessions four days a week), Gr8 Mates (for people looking for a friend or partner), Gig Buddies (a befriending service which provides trained volunteers to support participants to go out socially) and we also run a wheelchair accessible Community Centre.

We throw the BEST parties in town! Currently we hold disco and party events in Bedford every few months for people with a learning disability or other disability.

 

Members are able to meet friends and experience a club or pub setting in a safe environment. We have hundreds of members and the events are fabulous fun. 

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 LIVING IT UP EVENTS 

Living It Up Performing Arts Centre is an educational day time opportunity for adults with a learning disability or autism to learn and showcase performing and creative arts.

Our experts teach sessions on musical instruments, singing, drama, dance, radio presenting, song writing, podcasting, film editing and art.

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 PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 

Gig Buddies supports people with a learning disability or autism to be partnered with one of our trained, DBS-checked volunteers who will go out socially every month to do an activity which is enjoyed by both people.

 

Gig Buddies Bedford is part of a worldwide Gig Buddy franchise set up by Stay Up Late. 

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 GIG BUDDIES 

Living It Up Gr8 Mates is an exciting new friendship and dating project for adults with a learning disability and/or autism.

We hold regular events to support people to make new friends and possibly find a boyfriend or girlfriend. If you would like more information please get in contact.

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 GR8 MATES 

 CONTACT US 

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