https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma Mynewsdesk RSS - Press releases, News, and Blog Posts. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma https://www.mynewsdesk.com/assets/graphics/logos/logo-small-9892f98564f91864075bd14001f8470f2f9bf254729c37044b4b1ac9b0db6b40.png 128 23 en 15 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:25:23 +0000 STAMMA is deeply concerned by the recent video posted by Borussia Dortmund, then deleted, which used a clip of influencer Jessie Yendle’s stammer as a “transition” into a dance track. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/borussia-dortmund-own-goal-505848?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/borussia-dortmund-own-goal-505848?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 STAMMA is profoundly disappointed by IPSO’s decision not to uphold our complaint against the Daily Mail. By ruling that the mockery of a speech disability is acceptable under the guise of "satire," the regulator has effectively green-lit the ridicule of the 1% of the population who stammer. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/stammma-v-daily-mail-ipso-decision-505850?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/stammma-v-daily-mail-ipso-decision-505850?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:43:28 +0000 As Jessie Stride’s journey on BBC game show The Traitors comes to an end, STAMMA celebrates her appearance as a long-overdue victory for stammering representation. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/stamma-celebrates-major-win-for-stammering-representation-on-bbc-traitors-3426717?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/stamma-celebrates-major-win-for-stammering-representation-on-bbc-traitors-3426717?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:30:00 +0100 On International Stammering Awareness Day, STAMMA launches the 'End the Phone Call Nightmares' campaign, urging businesses to adopt free training to improve accessibility for people who stammer, preventing call mishandling and ensuring compliance with legal duties for disabled customers. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/end-the-phonecall-nightmares-campaign-now-live-502420?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/end-the-phonecall-nightmares-campaign-now-live-502420?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:35:21 +0100 STAMMA are launching ‘End Phone Call Nightmares’ campaign, on 22nd October, claiming that millions of calls made by people who stammer are mishandled every year. Businesses have a legal duty to anticipate and act on the needs of disabled customers so they can access services. Despite this, the report found that 65% calls reported in their survey were mishandled. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/uk-businesses-failing-in-their-duty-to-people-who-stammer-3410860?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/uk-businesses-failing-in-their-duty-to-people-who-stammer-3410860?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:10:36 +0000 THRYVE, a tech recruitment consultancy, is celebrating its’ 10th birthday with the announcement of a corporate partnership with the award-winning charity STAMMA, the national charity for people who stammer in the UK. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/thryve-and-stamma-announce-12-month-partnership-3354115?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/thryve-and-stamma-announce-12-month-partnership-3354115?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:53:08 +0100 On Saturday October 26th, at 11am, people who stammer will be heading to 6 Starbucks stores in the UK, bringing family and friends in a unique demonstration against Starbucks. They'll be ordering something to drink. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/starbucks-a-unique-day-of-action-3350499?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/starbucks-a-unique-day-of-action-3350499?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Fri, 18 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0100 One of Starbucks USP is asking for a name. This has come under a challenge from STAMMA, the national charity for people who stammer, who are calling for a Day of Action on 26th October. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/starbucks-and-the-name-thing-489451?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/starbucks-and-the-name-thing-489451?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:02:03 +0100 On 22nd October, International Stammering Awareness Day (ISAD), STAMMA, alongside some of the Stammering Pride community, are calling for a Day of Action against Starbucks on the 26th of October, urging them to make their ordering process accessible, fair and inclusive. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/stamma-join-forces-with-stammering-pride-over-coffee-protest-3349282?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/stamma-join-forces-with-stammering-pride-over-coffee-protest-3349282?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:35:38 +0100 On the passing of James Earl Jones. As someone with a stammer (or a stutter), he will continue to inspire generations of people who themselves grow up with a stammer, showing that talking differently needn't be an obstacle to achieving your dreams. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/james-earl-jones-487830?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/james-earl-jones-487830?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:20:15 +0100 In support of the charity’s ambitious new strategy ‘Space to Stammer’ the organisation has appointed two high flying fundraising experts to their Board of Trustees: Cate Birch, Head of Fundraising at York Minster and Fiona Stewart, Philanthropy Lead at Comic Relief alongside Communications expert Penny East. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/stamma-appoints-high-flyers-to-support-space-to-stammer-486798?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/stamma-appoints-high-flyers-to-support-space-to-stammer-486798?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:44:18 +0100 New research from STAMMA, UK’s leading stammering charity, reveals how ordering in coffee shops can be a hostile and undignified experience for people who stammer. The report uncovers the pervasive humiliation faced by some people who stammer as they are mimicked, rushed and ignored when attempting to place an order in coffee shops. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/coffee-shops-urged-to-change-their-practices-as-customers-who-stammer-expose-discrimination-and-humiliation-3336008?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/coffee-shops-urged-to-change-their-practices-as-customers-who-stammer-expose-discrimination-and-humiliation-3336008?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:31:52 +0100 STAMMA has appointed Roger Pim as its new Chair, who will sit on the Board as Chair Elect until October when Acting Chair Paul Fix will formally hand over the reins. Roger first got involved in the charity in 2004, as a founding Board member of the Scottish Branch of the British Stammering Association (now STAMMA). The vacancy came about when Joanna Gaukroger stood down for health reasons. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/stamma-appoints-a-new-chair-485577?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/stamma-appoints-a-new-chair-485577?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:04:21 +0000 A coalition of organisations and individuals has launched a parliamentary petition calling for Parliament to be inclusive of communication differences. The petition calls the current state of parliamentary debate a “febrile environment where people who communicate differently fear they’ll get ripped to shreds.” https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/petition-calls-for-end-to-bullying-of-people-in-parliament-with-differences-3309062?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/petition-calls-for-end-to-bullying-of-people-in-parliament-with-differences-3309062?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Thu, 22 Feb 2024 10:05:50 +0000 STAMMA condemns the recent stammering-related abuse directed at Chris Nelson, a Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate who was forced to withdraw his candidacy following a series of hateful comments and mockery targeting his stammer. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/stamma-calls-out-a-political-culture-which-sustains-abuse-aimed-at-people-who-stammer-3305469?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/stamma-calls-out-a-political-culture-which-sustains-abuse-aimed-at-people-who-stammer-3305469?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Mon, 05 Feb 2024 09:45:00 +0000 An omnibus poll conducted by YouGov on 25th January 2024 showed that brand recognition for STAMMA, the British Stammering Association, stands at a record high of 19%. This has risen dramatically since 2018, when only 2% were able to identify them as a charity for people who stammer. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/brand-recognition-for-stamma-at-an-all-time-high-3300942?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/brand-recognition-for-stamma-at-an-all-time-high-3300942?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Sat, 30 Dec 2023 10:38:55 +0000 STAMMA Vice Chair Professor Deborah Johnston honoured for her work around stammering in higher education. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/vice-chair-deborah-johnston-honoured-for-her-work-around-stammering-in-higher-education-3295045?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/vice-chair-deborah-johnston-honoured-for-her-work-around-stammering-in-higher-education-3295045?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:31:54 +0000 STAMMA makes this year's Disability Power 100 list, as one of the top Changemaking Organisations in the UK and scoops award at the Big Syn International Film Festival. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/stamma-makes-the-disability-power-100-2023-and-scoops-award-at-big-syn-international-film-festival-3285832?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/stamma-makes-the-disability-power-100-2023-and-scoops-award-at-big-syn-international-film-festival-3285832?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:00:38 +0100 STAMMA have joined 61 other organisations around the world calling for the Right to Stutter on International Stammering Awareness Day. On a day normally flooded with stories about overcoming, STAMMA and other organisations are pushing instead for stammering to be accepted. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/declaration-of-the-right-to-stutter-455646?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/news/declaration-of-the-right-to-stutter-455646?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:00:38 +0100 Today, STAMMA, the UK’s national stammering charity, launched a campaign demanding people who stammer be given space to talk, whether they are ordering a coffee, booking a GP appointment... or returning a coffin. https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/stamma-launches-campaign-for-people-who-stammer-to-be-given-space-to-talk-3280425?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/stamma/pressreleases/stamma-launches-campaign-for-people-who-stammer-to-be-given-space-to-talk-3280425?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=current_news British Stammering Association