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Go big or go home club night

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Just over 1 week to go,,,, Mencap say 34% of people with a learning disability only see their friends once a year. We need to change this .....our club night is supporting the #nobedtimes. We are a social enterprise so most of what we earn goes back in the business

Hi All, We are running our first club night experience in Crawley near Gatwick airport 3rd September. What we know is people with learning disabilities are often socially isolated as there are many barriers for them to over some with in flexible staff rota, transport or simply not knowing where their peers hangout. We are trying to change that locally. If you know anyone local or who is willing to travel then please share this. There is a limited capacity so people need to book asap. Most weeks we also hold a virtual disco for people further away. Thanks for reading

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hi! i think we have talked before on acesible club nights,i go to a similar night to yours in manchester called under one roof.

i lreally love the idea that you make it acesible online to people with LD-id love a list of online acesible nights coming up that are available this way if itts ok?

its a great idea and its not just great for us-this type of clubbing gives wider acess to the whole globe in some cases-pete tong did it in december 2020 when everything was really locked down (his oh come all ye ravers set with the hheritage orchestra,it was low key but still amazing set)-it seemed to be a pioneer as clubs,DJs and DJ equipment/ websites like super awesome carl cox,the super awesome amelie lens playing live at exit festival (in serbia), denon and beatport etc did a lot of live shows together (and still are i think) with their DJs...

maybe its the new clubbing. :D

id love to put your night on my links page on my website-its not a known site yet ive been taking it slow still finishing bits (ie,ive probably been lazy)-woud you be interested? free of course i am trying to build a page of good services/things etc for people with LD-PM me if its better. :)

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helenmos

This sounds like a great idea.

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