Category Archives: Festival Reports
A Festival Of Support
I want to tell everyone about a wonderful organisation called Green Access & Mobility Areas (GAMA). This inspiring volunteer group is devoted to helping people with disabilities go to outdoor festivals. Not only do they advise festival organisers on access issues and how to make spaces and activities more welcoming to people with disabilities and chronic conditions, but they set up camp too in order to provide on-the-spot support, assistance and general back-up for disabled people and their friends/family/carers.
GAMA at Out Of The Ordinary Festival, 2009
OOTO is 3 day eco & family friendly festival set in the gorgeous Sussex countryside celebrating the Autumn Equinox. Solar powered stages and wind generators power fascinating talks and workshops plus children’s activities and a green market place plus many more out of the ordinary surprises! GAMA organised the Disabled camping area again this year - read the report here.
GAMA at Sunrise Celebration, 2009
Sunrise Celebration 2009 was a smaller event on a new site on an organic farm. As we would be close to the main arena we hoped our visitors would feel fully part of the event and spend most of their time out of the GAMA field
When some of us arrived on Bank Holiday Monday we [...]
Sunrise Festival 2008
Monday before the festival
Well it didn’t start well, with the site closed due to rain, mud and flood, when we were meant to be setting up. We stayed with family close by and decided to attempt to get onto site on the Tuesday.
Tuesday morning..
..looked slightly more promising and the sun was out! We arrived to [...]
Festival Eye
This is a transcript of an article written by Miki Hall for the magazine “Festival Eye”, published in Spring 2007:
The aims of the Disability Discrimination Act of 1995 are simple. The goal is “a society where all disabled people can participate fully as equal citizens”. In practical terms, the Act seeks to [...]
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Out Of The Ordinary Festival (OOTO), 2009
Sussex, September 2008
This is a small festival held in mid-September which describes itself as follows:
“When you step into the Out of the Ordinary Festival you are stepping into another dimension – a place of ancient knowledge, healing, inspiration and love….a combination of healing events and ceremonies, amazing workshops & talks, live music, healthy food and [...]
Big Green Gathering 2007
We had two main sources of funding this year:
The Big Green Gathering itself; and a grant from Awards for All towards our facilities, access and events. We used this money to improve opportunities for people with disabilities and special needs to come and camp in the GAMA field and enjoy all that the BGG [...]
Big Green Gathering 2006
As with all of the rest of the Big Green Gathering 2006, the Green Access Mobility Area was a huge success. This was demonstrated in part by the sheer numbers of people who opted to come to the Gathering and to camp in our field or to camp elsewhere and use our facilities. There has [...]
GAMA at the Big Green Gathering, 2005
In 1995, the Disability Discrimination Act (subsequently amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005) allegedly heralded a new beginning for persons with disabilities. The Acts laid down a statutory framework within which obligations were placed on many bodies and organisations to be mindful of the multiplicity of needs that must be taken into account when [...]
Brighton Pride 2010