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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.
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.