Iain Wilkie

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

Happy International Stuttering Awareness Day!

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

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

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

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.

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 👇

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 🙏

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...

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

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.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined and contributed!

#StutteringWorldCongress2025

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

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

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

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 equally delighted that you’ve joined our Trustee board Andrew!

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

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

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

"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!

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!

"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!

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'.

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!

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

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

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 🌊🌊🌊

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

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

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.

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

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

🚀 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!