Just under 1 week to go until applications close for our 10th Global Practice Interview Event! Taking place 16-23 March (online), our event brings together people who stutter and interviewers for structured practice interviews, feedback, and learning sessions on stuttering and neurodiversity.

Our 10th Global Practice Interview Event isn’t just about interview practice, it’s also about learning about how stuttering aligns with other neurodiverse conditions.

Applications are now open for our 10th Global Practice Interview Event (we still can’t quite believe that!). Taking place 16-23 March 2026, this online event brings together people who stutter, employees, and allies to practise interviews, share experiences, and build confidence.

Happy new year, all! Our Jan 2026 newsletter was sent out today. We’re sharing highlights from 2025 and what’s coming up in 2026, including dates for our 10th Practice Interview Event and the launch of our new LinkedIn Community Group.

A look back at some of our highlights from this year 🎉 From our summer strategy day - where the team met in person for the first time at EY’s London offices - to hosting our 8th and 9th Global Practice Interview Events. The feedback was incredible.

Today on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we celebrate this year’s theme: “Fostering disability-inclusive societies for advancing social progress.”

Congratulations Sam Simpson @redefinestammer.bsky.social on your very well-deserved award from @citylit.bsky.social for all you've done - and continue to do - in helping people who #stamner to thrive!

It's a pleasure and a privilege to be alongside such great colleagues. Being a trustee is so rewarding when there is mutual trust and the opportunity to challenge and support, learn and celebrate together! #TrusteesWeek #Trust #Leadership

This week, from 3-7 November, it's Trustees’ Week in the UK, a time to recognise the incredible contribution of charity trustees across the country.

Happy International Stuttering Awareness Day! 💚 This year’s theme, “A Diverse Stuttering Community – Meeting Challenges With Strengths”, reminds us there’s no single way to stutter, and no single story.

A warm welcome to the newest member of our team, Gina Waggott! Gina, a woman who stammers, joins us as our new Operations & Finance Officer and brings a wealth of experience in running stammering charities.

We’ve just wrapped up our 9th Global Practice Interview Event — connecting people who stutter and employers from six continents for a week of learning, confidence-building, and community 🌍

We’ve kicked off our 9th Global Practice Interview Event with two Educational Briefings, bringing together 80+ interviewees and interviewers from 20+ countries across 6 continents! 🌍

As part of our 9th Global Practice Interview Programme, we’re thrilled to welcome Dr Hope Gerlach-Houck for a talk on: 'Exploring the Impact of AI in the Workplace for People Who Stutter' 📅 Wed 8 Oct, 12:30–1:30pm GMT 👉 DM us for the link to join.

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