{"id":6039,"date":"2011-11-22T11:36:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T11:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=6039"},"modified":"2011-11-22T11:36:47","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T11:36:47","slug":"disco-for-the-unemployed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/22\/disco-for-the-unemployed\/","title":{"rendered":"Disco for the unemployed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Unemployment can be lonely, so one group are trying to remedy that\u00a0<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_6195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/music_2_big_thing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6195\" title=\"music_2_big_thing\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/music_2_big_thing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/music_2_big_thing.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/music_2_big_thing-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6195\" title=\"music_2_big_thing\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/music_2_big_thing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/music_2_big_thing.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/music_2_big_thing-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artistic installation at disco<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Unemployed people in Cardiff are getting their groove back by holding discos in a Riverside restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Once a month, the Rockin\u2019 Chair hosts an unemployed daytime disco.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which celebrates its one year anniversary in December, was launched by musicians Adam Johannes and Bronwen Davies to combat the loneliness and isolation which comes with being unemployed.<\/p>\n<p>Bronwen, who lost her job as an arts development officer due to funding cuts, says, \u201cAdam and I were both unemployed, quite lonely and not utilising our skills and experience, we set it up in order to conquer social isolation.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the Caribbean restaurant, unemployed musicians and poets perform for one another and enjoy a few worry-free hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unemployment can be lonely, so one group are trying to remedy that\u00a0 Unemployed people in Cardiff are getting their groove back by holding discos in a Riverside restaurant. Once a month, the Rockin\u2019 Chair hosts an unemployed daytime disco. The event, which celebrates its one year anniversary in December, was launched by musicians Adam Johannes and Bronwen Davies to combat the loneliness and isolation which comes with being unemployed. 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