Topics: Social issues

  • 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.

    Image of sheets of newspaper crunched up

  • 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.

  • UK BUSINESSES FAILING IN THEIR DUTY TO PEOPLE WHO STAMMER

    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.

    A billboard, looking like a 50s film poster a young man staring down as a claw emerges from the back. 'Calls of Terror.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • STAMMA recommends changes in GP appointment booking systems

    STAMMA, the British Stammering Association, recommends changes in GP appointment booking systems nationwide after a survey showed that phone-only systems and lack of staff training cause people who stammer to face physical and mental distress, delayed appointments, and late diagnoses.

  • Six-year-old Gabriel and best friend Missy run Manchester marathon in support of STAMMA

    Six year old Gabriel Brown and his best friend and classmate Missy Grimes are running in the 1.5 KM Mini Great Manchester Run this Sunday in aid of STAMMA, and its support for parents of children who stammer. Together, they’ve raised a whopping £1,126.
    Around 8% of children stammer at some point, leaving parents often unable to know where to turn. Gabriel’s mum Laura, who has raised over 700

  • New STAMMA hire: Comms and Social Media Manager

    We are pleased to introduce STAMMA's new Comms and Social Media Manager, Neha Shaji, who joined the team in February.
    Neha's experience includes web management and graphic design for publishers and literary organisations including Huza Press, the Devon-based Riptide Journal and Africa Writes. She has also trained as a translator and interpreter, working across German, English and Korean. Neha

  • 'Would I Lie to You?' - Not so funny

    STAMMA responds to a recently aired episode of ‘Would I Lie to You’, in which Lee Mack is seen to mock stammering.

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