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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Very happy to receive a @50millionvoices.bsky.social Practice Interview badge! I'm always a little nervous for my presenting & interviewing slots, and this personalised badge is a lovely reminder of how far I've come. #PracticeInterviews

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

We're thrilled to announce that our Founder & Chair, Iain Wilkie, has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Leader Award category at the Business Disability Forum's Disability Smart Impact Awards!

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

We closed our 10th Global Practice Interview Event yesterday with a well-attended feedback session, where participants reflected on their experiences from the week. What stood out most were the insights shared - not just about stuttering, but about interviews more broadly.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

We kicked off our 10th Global Practice Interview Event yesterday with two 90-min educational briefings! These sessions help set the scene for the week ahead, bringing together people who stutter, employers, and allies from around the world.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

We’re so excited for our 10th Global Practice Interview Event, kicking off on Monday 16 March! 🎉 As part of the week, we’re hosting a special virtual session on stuttering and neurodiversity on Wednesday 18 March, 5-6pm (UK time) to celebrate Neurodiversity Celebration Week.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Thank you to everyone who applied for our 10th Global Practice Interview Event! Our Global Coordinator, Shilpa Sagwal, has now been in touch with all applicants - both successful and unsuccessful. If you haven’t received an email, please check your junk or spam folder first.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Applications close at midnight tonght (UK time)! So far we've received applications from 16 countries. We have a few spaces left for some interviewees and interviewers. Apply here: www.50millionvoices.org/practice-int...

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

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.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

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.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

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.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

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.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

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.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

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

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

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!

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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

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

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

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.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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 pink poster titled 'International Stuttering Awareness Day'. Below the title is a gallery of the volunteers that support 50 Million Voices. Directly below the gallery is a picture of the core 50MV team against a backdrop of London Bridge and a pic of the Thames Path Ultra Challenge 2025 walkers. Below these two images it reads 22 October 2025 #ISAD.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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 🌍

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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! 🌍

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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.

Poster announcing 50mv webinar 'Exploring the impact of AI in the workplace for people who stutter'. It has a green background, with the webinar title and a portrait of Dr Gerlach-Houck. A white woman with long blonde hair, smiling softly at the camera. She's wearing a black blazer over a black and white herringbone-patterned dress.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

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 events@50millionvoices.org.

Poster that reads 'Celebrating International Stuttering Awareness Day #ISAD - 22 October' on a pink background. Then says '9th Global Practice Interview Event for people who stutter 6-13 October.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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 👇

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Andrew Janes @cartivist.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

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-...

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Thames Path Challenge for 50 Million Voices

Help Andrew Janes raise money to support 50 Million Voices

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

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

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

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

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Transforming the world of work for people who stutter"We have loved the learning that we gained from collaborating with 50 Million Voices. We've had great feedback from colleagues across the world. Lo...

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

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….

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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.

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Redefining Stammering @redefinestammer.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

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!

Photograph of Patrick Campbell addressing participants ahead of the march. Patrick is wearing a grey T-shirt and blue jeans. He is pictured holding a red notebook & standing next to the #makingwaves stammering pride flag

Photograph of Sam Simpson, Kristel Kubart & Patrick Campbell (left to right) standing arm-in-arm in Victoria Park. Kristel has a #makingwaves #stammeringpride flag draped over her shoulders

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

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.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

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

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

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

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

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

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

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.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

🎙️ 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...

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

"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!

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

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Stuttering WORKS with Iain Wilkie

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

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!

Graphic with green background and a white circle in the middle. In the middle of the circle are two speech bubbles; one is purple, the other gold. Below the circle it has the heading 'National Stuttering Awareness Week. Below the title it has the dates '12 - 18 May, 2025'.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

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

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

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

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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/

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

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

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Redefining Stammering @redefinestammer.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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!

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In conversation with Joshua St Pierre: Towards a world that stammers more

Eventbrite - City Lit - Events presents In conversation with Joshua St Pierre: Towards a world that stammers more - Friday, 2 May 2025 at City Lit (John Lyon's Theatre), London, England. Find event an...

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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.

📸 Pictured at the event: our Chair Iain Wilkie with Dame Jane Roberts (ASC Chair), Ria Bernard (ASC CEO), and Kirsten Howells (Stamma Deputy CEO).

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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