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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

These reflections highlight something important: when we create the right environment, interviews become less about fluency and more about skills, potential, and fit. A huge thank you to everyone who took part in this uplifting event. #Stutter #Inclusion #Community

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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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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Louise Moillon (c. 1610–1696) French painter in the Baroque era. One of the best still life painters of her time, she was trained by her father as she was unable to attend academies as a woman- who were thought to lack the ability required for artists #WomensArt

Painting featuring a basket of plumbs on a table surface in a dark interior

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

If you’ve been meaning to apply - now’s the time! ⏰ Applications close 23 February Find out more and apply: www.50millionvoices.org/practice-int...

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

“As someone who has been struggling with my speech for the past few months, 50 Million Voices is the single most powerful tool I've found to improve my interviewing skills." - Interviewee

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

Check out the feedback we received from our last Global Practice Interview Event in October 2025: "I learned a lot from my interviewee as well as the education sessions and would highly recommend them to anyone." - Interviewer

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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

For interviewers, it’s also a chance to reflect on communication norms, challenge assumptions around fluency, and learn how to create fairer interview experiences. 📅 Online | 16-23 March ⏰ Applications close 23 February Apply here: www.50millionvoices.org/practice-int...

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

Alongside our core educational session, and 1:1 or panel practice interviews, participants can participate in an optional learning session on stuttering and neurodiversity, all running during Neurodiversity Celebration Week.

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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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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The uplifting sight of snowdrops...symbols of hope and renewal

Groups of snowdrops in bloom on a patch of wet grass with a few dried-up fallen, brown leaves scattered between them

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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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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Happy New Year Charlie! 👋 I think I tend to like people who play Scrabble too! But I'm also not one for a rigid rule....

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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

It almost feels like a tradition for me to share this moving Xmas tree decoration, beautifully hand-made by my husband's aunt in Poland in 1945 from a re-purposed cardboard exercise book cover. #fragility #memories #craft #history #Poland #connection #Christmas #recycling #joy #dancing

Cardboard cut-out hanging on Xmas tree of two girls in laced-up boots, full, brightly coloured stripey skirts, aprons and matching bodices over white blouses, wearing headscarves, arms aloft, plaits flying and joyously dancing

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Catherine Hyde, contemporary UK artist, photographer, writer and award-winning illustrator #WomensArt #Solstice #December21st #ArtAdvent

Painting of a stylised hare leaping over frosty ground under a red sun and pink winter sky

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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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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Agree. There may well be different ways of doing things but major change itself involves a whole range of resources of all kinds, which clearly aren't there now. The irony is that in the past, when perhaps services were coasting, the impetus to investigate radical change wasn't there either.

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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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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Didn't get a story in for the 500th I don't think, but your blending of warp and weft and making wart has stuck with me. You are a hoot with words!! ❤️x

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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Well I will certainly remember the rather random way we connected as a result of a comment on social media about the weft and the warp, Brigid....points and threads of connection come from many places, but spaces are also needed in which to find them! #SpacesForListening ❤️

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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

What a privilege to have participated in the 500th #SpacesForListening and on other occasions. The simplest things are often the very best! Thank you @charliepsych.bsky.social and @brigidrussell51.bsky.social 👏and yes, do read the blog! 🔽

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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 · 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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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I hope you'll take a moment for these beautiful parting words from the incomparable Jane Goodall. (And she threw in a little salt for the evil ones, too)

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

Tomorrow: our webinar with Dr Hope Gerlach-Houck - “Exploring the impact of AI in the workplace for people who stutter” 💌 Email events@50millionvoices.org for the link to join Good luck to everyone taking part as an interviewer or interviewee this week! 💬 #PracticeInterview #Inclusion #ISAD

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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Remarkable autumn collage...every colour and leaf size all at once and the joy of light.

Close-up view of autumn leaves ranging from gren through yellow to different shades of red, with strong sunlight shining through tree branches and the leaves creating strong shadow and light, so the whole appears like a collage

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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

And a warm hi back to you Charlie! 👋

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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 · 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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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Warmest congratulations and thank you to you and all the participating team, Andrew! A very well deserved drink at the end for sure...brings back memories for me from last year 🍺

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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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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Just depends in London...on the bus route/type of bus (doors to exit are in the middle so you have to speak loudly), how crowded it is and who is on it!

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Helen Carpenter @helencarpenter.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Small joys of daily life: on a bus with woman next to me with small and quiet toddler in pushchair. As they got off, to my surprise and without any prompting, the child yelled out "thank you driver!"

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.

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

🟢 The event is free for people who stutter. While there’s scale for allies who don't stutter, e.g. Speech and Language Therapists go free, we ask for a modest contribution from large employers towards our costs. Find out more and apply on our website: www.50millionvoices.org/practice-int...

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

🟢 You will need to commit 5-6 hours of online availability during 6-13 October to attend a mandatory educational briefing, your 1-1 practice interview with feedback, an optional extra learning session, and an optional group feedback session at the end.

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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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