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  • Borussia Dortmund Own Goal

    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.

  • STAMMMA V DAILY MAIL: IPSO DECISION

    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.

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  • END THE PHONECALL NIGHTMARES CAMPAIGN NOW LIVE

    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.

    Middle aged man on the phone, wearing a black leather jacket in an industrial looking office.

  • Starbucks & The Name Thing

    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.

  • James Earl Jones

    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.

  • STAMMA Appoints High-Flyers to Support 'Space to Stammer'

    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.

  • STAMMA Appoints a New Chair

    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.

  • DECLARATION OF THE RIGHT TO STUTTER

    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.

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