STAMMA celebrates ‘major win’ for stammering representation on BBC Traitors
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.
Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment
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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.
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THRYVE & STAMMA announce 12-month partnership
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.
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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.
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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.
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Author Hannah Tovey Joins STAMMA's Roster of Patrons
STAMMA is delighted to announce the appointment of their latest Patron, the bestselling author Hannah Tovey.
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INTERNATIONAL STAMMERING CONFERENCE LIVERPOOL 24th-28th August: “STAMMAFest Global”
STAMMA are holding an international stammering conference at Liverpool University, 24-28 August. A 5-day extravaganza which incorporates STAMMA’s biennial conference and the International Stuttering Association’s (ISA) World Congress. Speakers include actor and podcaster Scroobius Pip, author Hannah Tovey, Poet Owen Sheers and activist Patrick Campbell.
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Claire Foy, Joe Biden and Colin Firth triumph at the ‘The Stammies’, the world’s first awards for stammering in film and TV
STAMMA announce Colin Firth and Claire Foy as winners at ‘The Stammies’, the world’s first awards for stammering in film and TV.
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Wikimedia Adds Their Voice to Stamma's #FindTheRightWords Campaign
Today, on International Stammering Awareness Day, we are delighted to welcome support from Wikimedia for our 'Find the Right Words Campaign'. We've been working with the agency VMLYR and the community at Wikipedia to edit the entries describing people who stammer, to make the language neutral and less damaging. We have released a short video, with a voiceover by Scroobius Pip, who stammers himse
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Swipe Right with Stamma this Valentine's Day
National Charity works with Agency VMLY&R to create unique messages of declaration.
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Remembering BSA Patron Nicholas Parsons CBE
Communications Director Kate Dickson remembers Nicholas Parsons CBE, one of our longest-standing Patrons, who passed away aged 96.
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POET OWEN SHEERS JOINS STAMMA’S ILLUSTRIOUS PANEL OF PATRONS
Novelist, poet, playwright and presenter, Professor Owen Sheers, has been appointed Patron of the British Stammering Association trading as Stamma.
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Scroobius Pip Becomes Patron of British Stammering Association
Actor, rapper and leading UK podcaster, Scroobius Pip has become the newest Patron of the British Stammering Association (BSA). The creator and owner of Speech Development Records, Pip has been a long-time supporter of the British Stammering Association and was the presenter of the charity’s 2018 BBC Lifeline Appeal.
