To everyone who applied for our 9th Global Practice Interview Event – you should now have received an email from our Global Co-ordinator, Shilpa Sagwal, via [email protected].

Still time to apply for the Operations & Finance Officer role with 50 Million Voices! Applications will close Sunday 21st September. Check out the thread below for more details 👇

I & other fine people did this long walk in aid of @50millionvoices.bsky.social, a marvellous charity of which I am a trustee. There is still time to sponsor me: www.justgiving.com/page/andrew-...

We've now received 75 applications for our 9th Global Practice Interview Programme for people who stutter from 21 countries, including some countries we haven't had representation from before! These include applications from Africa, Scandinavia, the Baltic States & Southern Europe.

Our small and friendly team is expanding! We're #hiring for a 6 month term freelance Operations & Finance Officer.

Worth celebrating & sharing! #impact #inclusion #stutter #stammer #PracticeInterviews #StutteringTalent

Exciting mix of applications so far from 11 countries, incl. 3 new- Gambia, Gibraltar & Latvia - for our 9th global Practice Interview event! Spaces still available for #interviewees #interviewers & #employers. Event FREE for people who stutter. Apply via website: 50millionvoices.org

Applications for our 9th Global Practice Interview Event are now open! Due to societal bias and stigma against stuttering voices compared to fluent voices, candidates who stutter often face impossibly high barriers to succeed in interviews. It’s the same all over the world.

We’ve passed the 100 followers mark - Thank you! Please share us with friends, colleagues & contacts who may be interested in our work to transform the world of work for people who #stutter. It’s a win-win for #stutterers & #employers! News about our next Practice Interview event coming soon….

The 15th International Stuttering Association World Congress for People who Stutter took place in Rovaniemi from 6-10 August. 50 Million Voices were delighted to be represented by our Founder & Chair, Iain Wilkie, and our Global Co-ordinator, Shilpa Sagwal.

A brilliant strategy day for the 50MV team, hosted by EY at their London Bridge office! It was energising to get together in person - especially welcoming our Global Coordinator, Shilpa Sagwal, who travelled all the way from India, and our trustee, Chris Gemmell, who came down from Newcastle.

Lovely to be back in Victoria Park with the #makingwaves #stammeringprideflag team today for another #stammeringpride march - great turn out, enthusiasm & conversations with old friends & new (very much helped by Scatman’s Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)! Happy pride all!

We’re excited and proud to welcome Andrew Janes as a new trustee of 50 Million Voices! Andrew has stammered since early childhood and has been involved with the stuttering community in the UK and internationally for over twenty years.

💰🔐 @ashajournals.bsky.social Onslow, M., Arnott, S., Carey, B., & Harrison, E. (2025). The #LidcombeProgram turns 🎂35🎂 doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #stuttering #stammering @sethtichenor.bsky.social @mattcphillips.bsky.social @50millionvoices.bsky.social @hatunzengin.bsky.social

We firmly stand behind Irmo Stijnberg whose entry into the European Film Festival was rejected as they didn’t consider stammering a disability. Please read and share this brilliant open letter written by the charity Stamily to the director of the festival. #equity #inclusion

Enjoyed grasping this opportunity on behalf of @50millionvoices.bsky.social to help challenge the bias against #stammering voices in the global workplace. Feedback has been very positive! Great credit to the BBC Stammering Support Network for organising & leading the event. #OKToStammer

We’re joining the BBC’s 'Stammering and Job Interviews' panel on 9 June, 13:30 UK. Our Founder and Chair, Iain Wilkie, will share insights from our global Practice Interview Programme. 🎙️ Don’t miss it: bbc.zoom.us/j/95204538102 #stammering #inclusion

It’s Volunteers' Week and we’re celebrating our brilliant volunteers across the globe! The stammering community is full of generosity, care and strength. Our volunteers have helped shape 50 Million Voices into what it is today: a global community achieving change for people who stutter at work.

🎙️ Our founder Iain Wilkie joins Tom Scharstein on the Stuttering WORKS! podcast by World Stuttering Network. From his career at EY to 50 Million Voices, Iain shares how stuttering can be a strength and how we’re helping shift employer mindsets globally. 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT6B...

"I was baring my vulnerability, my stuttering vulnerability, and I knew there was no way back." In this podcast, I share stories of my lived experience of stuttering at work & how @50millionvoices.bsky.social is helping more employers to benefit from the strengths of colleagues who stutter. Enjoy!

🎙️ Our founder Iain Wilkie joins Tom Scharstein on the Stuttering WORKS! podcast by World Stuttering Network. From his career at EY to 50 Million Voices, Iain shares how stuttering can be a strength and how we’re helping shift employer mindsets globally. 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT6B...

Wishing our friends across the pond a happy National Stuttering Awareness Week! This year’s theme, “Unapologetically Me,” celebrates the power of authenticity, pride, and visibility within the stuttering community. Here’s to embracing who we are and stuttering proudly, everywhere!

Warm thanks to the @businessdisability.bsky.social team for an excellent programme & wonderful awards ceremony. We're proud 2B chosen as finalists in the 'Global Disability Inclusion' category along with global giants Coca-Cola (category winners) & HSBC! #DisabilitySmartAwards2025 #StutteringTalent

We were honoured to be nominated in the @businessdisability.bsky.social Disability Smart Awards 2025! Sadly we didn’t win, but it was an incredibly inspirational night honouring the people in organisations affecting real change. Huge congrats to all the winners! #DisabilitySmartAwards2025

As we move into our next phase of growth, we’re looking to expand our Board from 4 to 6 #trustees. We welcome applications from people who stutter and allies alike, and especially individuals with global experience. Find out more and apply: www.50millionvoices.org/new-trustees/

Thanks to the @businessdisability.bsky.social for recognising 50 Million Voices as a finalist in the Global Disability Inclusion category, alongside Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and HSBC. We’re super excited for the awards ceremony on 29 April! #DisabilitySmartAwards2025

Breaking news! Thrilled to announce ‘In conversation with Joshua St Pierre: Towards a world that stammers more’. Join us @citylit.bsky.social on 02/05/25 from 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST for a transformative discussion followed by a glass of wine: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers... Plse spread the word!

1 in 12 children in the UK stammer, yet many don’t get the support they need. Last week, Action for Stammering Children launched their new report at Westminster, calling for action with 7 key recommendations. We’re proud to support this vital campaign to improve support for children who stammer.

As we move into our next phase of growth, we’re looking to expand our Board from 4 to 6 #trustees. We welcome applications from people who stutter and allies alike, and especially individuals with global experience. Find out more and apply: www.50millionvoices.org/new-trustees/

We're thrilled that 50 Million Voices is a finalist in the Global Inclusion Category at the Business Disability Forum's Disability Smart Awards 2025! The award celebrates organisations that have successfully navigated cultural and geographical challenges to advance disability inclusion globally.

After a week of #PracticeInterviews, our 8th global event wrapped up with a powerful feedback session. One theme kept coming up: disclosure. 📢 When’s the right time to disclose a stammer in the recruitment process? Should you disclose at all? There’s no one-size-fits-all answer.

Thrilled & proud for @50millionvoices.bsky.social to be shortlisted for the 'GlobalDisabilityInclusionAward' in these highly prestigious #DisabilitySmartAwards2025 #OKToStutter

Happy International Women's Day, including celebrating the courage & strengths of all women & girls who #stutter! #IWD2025

As part of our 8th global Practice Interview event & #IWD2025, we held a session on 'Being a great employer and ally for women who stutter at work' 💬✨ The key takeaways? Employers must challenge fluency bias, advocate for inclusion, & ensure women who stammer are heard, valued & empowered. 💡👏

🚀 Our 8th Global Practice Interview event is underway! We kicked off with two Educational Briefings, bringing together participants worldwide to share insights and experiences. Huge thanks to everyone who joined and to our fantastic speakers!

Big thanks @redefinestammer.bsky.social for getting both sessions off to a flying start, challenging stereotypical norms of stuttering & shining a light on a way forward to workplace cultures where stuttering voices are welcomed & feel like we belong #allyship #OKToStutter #PracticeInterviews

Today's the day! We'll be welcoming around 100 people from 19 countries. Warm thanks to everyone involved, volunteering and supporting us! #OKToStammer #PracticeInterviews

Our 8th global Practice Interview event kicks off on Monday! Our central team is working hard to ensure everything is in place for a great start. You should have received an email from Shilpa, our Global Coordinator ([email protected]), pairing you with your interview partner.

Fantastic interest & questions at the 2025/26 #ASCMentoringProgramme launch event for mentees this evening brought to life by thoughtful contributions from current mentees & mentors. TY to all who attended. Applications are now open: actionforstammeringchildren.org/mentoring-20...

Great feeling to have connected with my interviewee in India, received his resumé for my review & now just finalising our interview time for next week. He seems like a great guy too! #StutteringTalent #InterviewSkills

📩 You should now have received an email from our Global Co-ordinator, Shilpa Sagwal ([email protected]), pairing you with your interviewer/interviewee. Next step: Please contact your interviewer/interviewer as per the 'Arranging your interview guidance' set out in the email.

*UPDATE***: Thanks to everyone who has applied to be an interviewer since yesterday morning - we now have enough applicants! If you'd still like to apply, please do and we can put you on our reserve list - sometimes spaces do open up! Link here: lnkd.in/evVuKnTE

We’ve had an incredible number of interviewee applicants to our upcoming Practice Interview event, with first time applications from Azerbaijan, Hungary and Turkey! 🙌 We’re looking for a small number of additional interviewers to join us. Interested in getting involved? Apply here:

Applications for the 8th global Practice Interview event are now closed! All successful interviewee applicants will now have received an email from Shilpa Sagwal, our Global Co-ordinator, at [email protected] 📩 To secure your place, please reply to this email by 14 February.

⏳ Last chance to apply! ⏳ Applications for our Practice Interview event close at midnight tonight (GMT)! 🕛 There's still time to sign up as an interviewee or interviewer for the event, happening 3–10 March. Don't miss out—apply now 👉 https://buff.ly/4aq6y3V #PracticeInterviews #stutter #stammer

Proud to have contributed to this international research project into the #genetic causes of #stuttering. Felt emotional sharing my family tree & wondering which of my ancestors also had a stutter like me. I know about my cousin Chris & possibly my uncle Peter. Perhaps even my mother. #ancestry

Did you know that the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering and Wayne State University are working together to find the genes for developmental stammering? 🧬 Want to be part of this important study? Find out more and book an appointment by contacting Leanne Taylor at [email protected].

The deadline for our next Practice Interview event is fast approaching! ⏳ The deadline for applications is midnight GMT on Sunday 9 February. 🕛 To find out more details and apply, click here: https://buff.ly/4aq6y3V

With updates themed around 'People', 'Impact' & 'Events', we hope there's something for everyone in our latest #newsletter. Enjoy! #OKToStutter #OKToStammer #allies

Exciting updates from 50 Million Voices! 2024 was an incredible year, and 2025 is set to be even bigger! Our newsletter is packed with updates on how we’re driving change for people who stutter in the workplace. 📩 Don’t miss out – read our full newsletter here 👉 https://buff.ly/40Kvtut