Helen Carpenter

Bright pink promotional poster for the “10th Global Practice Interview Event for people who stutter” by 50 Million Voices. The poster includes the infinity neurodiversity symbol and the 50 Million Voices logo. Text reads: “Includes session on ‘Stuttering and Neurodiversity’ for Neurodiversity Celebration Week”, “16–23 March 2026”, “Virtual event”, and “Applications closed”. Contact details shown: info@50millionvoices.org and www.50millionvoices.org with social media icons. On the right is a photo of a smiling man holding a laptop in a modern office setting with shelves in the background.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

“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

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

Bright pink promotional graphic for the 10th Global Practice Interview Event for people who stutter. Text reads: “10th Global Practice Interview Event for people who stutter. Includes session on ‘Stuttering and Neurodiversity’ for Neurodiversity Celebration Week. 16–23 March 2026. Virtual event. Applications close 23 Feb.” The 50 Million Voices logo appears at the top. On the right, there is a photo of a smiling man holding a laptop in an office setting. Contact details and website information are shown at the bottom, along with social media icons.

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.

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...

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.

Promo poster for the 10th Global Practice Interview Event for people who stutter, hosted by 50 Million Voices. The poster states that applications are now open for a virtual event taking place 16–23 March 2026. It states applications close 23 February. It highlights that the event includes a session on “Stuttering and Neurodiversity” as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week. The design features the 50 Million Voices logo, a neurodiversity infinity symbol, and a photo of a smiling young adult holding a laptop. Contact details and the 50 Million Voices website and social media handles are shown at the bottom.

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.

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

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

Promotional poster for the 10th Global Practice Interview Event for people who stutter, hosted by 50 Million Voices. The poster states that applications are now open for a virtual event taking place 16–23 March 2026. It highlights that the event includes a session on “Stuttering and Neurodiversity” as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week. The design features the 50 Million Voices logo, a neurodiversity infinity symbol, and a photo of a smiling young adult holding a laptop. Contact details and the 50 Million Voices website and social media handles are shown at the bottom.

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.

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....

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

In the end, you want to be in a position where you can spend unrushed, quality time with the people you care about, have access to what you need & what brings you joy. And to have some sense of purpose that fits with what you believe in.

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

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 ❤️

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! 🔽

Being here still A blog to mark 500 Spaces for Listening

We had the 500th Spaces for Listening last week...

What's all that about?

Have a read of our blog here:

brigidrussell43.medium.com/being-here-s...

A heartfelt thanks to everyone who's come along over the last few years x

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

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.

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.

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)

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

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

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

And a warm hi back to you Charlie! 👋