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Action for Stammering Children @stammeringchildren.org · 06/05/2026

We want to send a massive congratulations to Iain, the founder of 50 Million Voices, who won the Disability Smart Impact Award 2026 in the Leader category last week. Thank you, Iain, for your advocacy and paving the way for a more inclusive future.

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Thrilled to be given the 'Leader Award' for #DisabiltySmartImpactAwards for 2026. Thank You @businessdisability.bsky.social and countless colleagues along the way - especially our #50MillionVoices core team, trustees, volunteers, allies, employers & many people who stammer from around the world!

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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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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Feeling delighted, proud & grateful to be shortlisted for such a prestigious award from @businessdisability.bsky.social ! Lots I'd like to say, but for now am looking forward to the awards evening & meeting the other finalists #DisabilityInclusion #DisabiltySmart

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Free interview practice for people who stutter! Allocations closing at midnight

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Am really enjoying exploring the maps & stories in this beautiful book! Thank you to co-authors Rose Mitchell & Andrew Janes @cartivist.bsky.social #MapMonday

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Looking forward to reading this!

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Thanks to everyone supporting @50millionvoices.bsky.social Hope you enjoy our video. Great job Shilpa'

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities! A more disability-inclusive society benefits everyone whatever our personal circumstances and points of difference #IDPD2025 #inclusion #caring #strengths

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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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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Happy International Stuttering Awareness Day! Several super insights below from an ally of people who stutter at work. #ISAD2025 #Stuttering #Stammeting #allies #OKToStutter

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

As chair of @50millionvoices.bsky.social , I’m delighted to welcome talented Gina Waggott to this newly created role, helping us to strengthen our foundations & further increase our impact for people who #stutter / #stammer at work. #team #impact

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Excited to be chairing our session tomorrow/today Wednesday on stuttering, AI and the workplace! #HeardAI #AI

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

Dr Gerlach-Houck, Associate Professor at Western Michigan University, researches the intersections of ableism and stuttering. Recently, she co-authored the research paper 'Stuttering and Labor Market Outcomes in the United States' and serves on the Leadership team of the HeardAI project.

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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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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

If you're looking for a part-time, purpose-led, home-working UK) opportunity, this could be the role for you! Info & application process via our website: www.50millionvoices.org/operations-f... If not, then please share with your networks. Thanks 🙏

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Operations & Finance Role - 50 Million Voices

Operations & Finance Officer Role An exciting opportunity to join a progressive and award-winning UK Charity transforming the world of work for people who stutter.This page firstly explains our new Op...

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

About the role: - 14 hours a week with flexible timing for mutual convenience - UK based remote working (from home) - Responsibilities include a mixture of financial and operational support - £18 per hour, negotiable Find out more details and how to apply: www.50millionvoices.org/operations-f...

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I love it when we attract someone from a 'new' country to our global Practice #Interview events. It suggests we're reaching more communities & helping more people who #stutter! With 3 new ones below, our program has now reached people in 42 countries! Thanks to everyone supporting us. Please share

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Can’t believe I missed re-posting this after our special @50millionvoices.bsky.social day together on 31 July strategising & enjoying each other’s company! Huge thanks to EY for hosting us.

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

A huge thank you to everyone who joined and contributed! #StutteringWorldCongress2025

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

The session covered: - Key lessons from our flagship Global Practice Interview Events for people who stutter - Stories and best practice advice on how to interview successfully - Several questions, including on cultural and legal differences and their impact on successful interview strategies

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Thrilled w/ feedback on our session ‘Interviewing successfully with a stutter’ - & delighted 2 co-present in person w/ Shilpa Sagwal for the 1st time, after giving so many virtual talks together over past 5 years. Wearing a T-Shirt w/ our #50MV logo felt pretty good too! #StutteringWorldCongress

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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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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

As Chair of 50 Million Voices, am delighted that talented Andrew Janes @cartivist.bsky.social has joined our Board of Trustees - enhancing our collective skill set and sharing his lived experience of stammering at work. Welcome Andrew! #Governance #OKToStammer #StammeringTalent

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Please read and share. This kind of rejection of people who stammer is all too common. Thank you!

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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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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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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Super article from mentee Lauren about how the ASC mentoring scheme is helping mentees age 18-25 who stammer. If you're 18-25 in the UK and have a stammer, this free mentoring scheme is worth checking out!

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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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Redefining Stammering @redefinestammer.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

What a life-giving evening @citylit.bsky.social in conversation with Josh St Pierre! Wonderful to see such a great turn out & level of interest. Very much enjoyed the thought-provoking Q&A questions, buzz in the gallery over drinks & welcoming new faces to the community #transformativebelonging

Photograph taken as everyone was arriving of the holding PowerPoint slide entitled ‘Towards a world that stammers’ with three empty seats laid out for the panelists in the foreground

Photograph of Sam Simpson giving the opening introductions. Sam, a white woman in her fifties with grey, bobbed hair, is standing at the lectern & holding a microphone in her right hand. The holding PowerPoint slide is pictured behind her & the heads of members of the audience can be seen in the foreground

Photograph of Joshua St Pierre, a young white man, standing at the lectern & presenting. The title PowerPoint slide is pictured to the right of him behind three chairs prepared for a later panel discussion

Panellists (from left to right) Joshua St Pierre, Sam Simpson and Patrick Campbell are sat in chairs around a small circular table with three bottles of water on it. Behind them is the title PowerPoint slide: “Towards a World that Stammers” - white letters on a pink background

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intandem @intandem.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Only just spotted this @iainwilkie.bsky.social - we’re equally delighted to have your voice & perspective represented in the book & that you were able to join us at the launch event! #SupervisioninSpeechandLanguageTherapy #MakingWaves 🌊🌊🌊

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Super proud for @50millionvoices.bsky.social to be finalists for @businessdisability.bsky.social 'Global Disability Inclusion Award' alongside Coca-Cola & HSBC. Huge thanks to everyone involved! #OKToStutter #purpose #DisabilitySmartAwards2025

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Having had a stammer from age 7, it felt very special to be invited to the Houses of Parliament to attend Action for Stammering Children's important and enjoyable launch event last week in support of children who stammer. Thank you to Ria Bernard and the ASC team! #OKToStammer

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Excited to be inviting applications for 2 new #trustee roles for @50millionvoices.bsky.social ! We're an ambitious award winning UK charity w/ a global reach (39 countries) transforming the world of work for people who #stutter, allies & employers. Pls see links below for role & application info.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

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

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Vibrant session highlighting extra challenges for #women who #stutter at work, and what employers & allies can do to be aware & support! #inclusion #IWD2025

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

🚀 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!

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

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

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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 (events@50millionvoices.org), pairing you with your interview partner.

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

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

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Haven't received it yet? Please check your junk folder in case it's found its way there. If you can't find it, no worries—just get in touch, and we’ll sort it.

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

📩 You should now have received an email from our Global Co-ordinator, Shilpa Sagwal (events@50millionvoices.org), 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.

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Applications closing midnight tonight!

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

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

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Iain Wilkie @iainwilkie.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

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

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50 Million Voices @50millionvoices.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Applications already received from people who #stutter & #alllies from 9 countries & 5 continents. 100% of interviewees providing feedback on our previous global Practice Interview event in Oct '24 "now feel more confident about their next interview with a stutter!" #impact #OKToStutter

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Don't know the original source but so very accurate.

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