What's on Tuesday, 15th September
Today's Theme:
Living with Autism
2.00 pm
Join Euan Hood and Alastair Minty in a Tuesday Talk session from In Control Scotland. Euan and Alastair will be discussing the different aspects of autism and showing some short films about how this affects Euan.
Young Scotland's Got Talent
4.00 pm
Young Scotland’s Got Talent (YSGT) was set up in 2010 to lobby for better employment support for people with learning disabilities and individuals on the autistic spectrum who want to work. Since then we have delivered over 20 events throughout Scotland. On 29 July we delivered our first online YSGT to honour young people with additional needs who have bee working on the frontline throughout lockdown. We will be featuring throughout the week some of the highlights from the event.
Zoee
5.00 pm
Zoee and her band toured the world throughout 2019, playing Nashville's CMA Fest, the U.K., Ireland and Sweden. Zoee has shared the stage with bands and artists including: Boyzlife (Westlife), Scouting For Girls, Jessica Lynn, and Cam; and she has supported Canada’s James Barker Band, Julia Cole, and Austin Jenckes, to name a few. She is currently nominated for 12 Awards at the Fair Play Country Music Awards in Holland, and will be releasing more new music in 2020. Zoee is a force to be reckoned with on the U.K. Country Music Scene.
LP
6.00 pm
L•P• are a new and upcoming band from Glasgow, a mixture of great individual musicians who have came together to create music greatness. They play both covers and originals. John Henderson is the lead vocalist and also rythm guitar. and Blair Hatton plays lead guitar and backing vocals..
Radical Visions Revisited
7.00 pm
We had radical visions for self-determination and a better life for everyone. Where did it all go wrong? What are the universal rights at the heart of the matter.
Introduction to the day
3.30 pm
John Dalrymple and Frances Brown welcome everyone to day 2 of the festival with an introduction and insight of what fantastic events you can expect throughout the day........
Sensory Stories - Pamis
4.45 pm
These two multi-sensory stories were created by the creative Arts Group, The Arts End of Somewhere with support from PAMIS. These two stories are the stories of two people in World war 1 and were created for the Devil's Porridge, a war museum in Dumfries and Galloway. It is a five-star Visit Scotland Attraction and the stories will be performed live at the museum on October the 12th by the Arts End of Somewhere multi-sensory storytellers.
Harry's Life in World War 1
Ruby's life in World War 1
Pride Active
5.30 pm
As part of LEAP Sports series of Pride Active Conversations, former ski racer, John Dickinson Lilley taks with Emma Dodds about his life as a gay man in professional sport.
Barriers to Business 2
6.30 pm
Two young disabled people making their way in the world of business and the business of life. Danielle and Michael swap stories and experiences of the sometimes oppressive diversions along the way.
The Life I Want
7.30 pm
Relationships are so important to us all. What is life without relationships? – friendships, love and family? Here we will show the importance of relationships to help us feel valued, loved, needed and wanted. The Life I Want in partnership with others will showcase what is being done to make this happen for people with learning disabilities. Relationships are our human right!
Each day of the festival is based on one of Citizen Networks '7 Keys to Citizenship. Today's theme is Life.