Phone Call Nightmares campaign: the next day

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L-R: Sam & Kirsten talking to Ben & Sally on BBC Breakfast (courtesy of Sam Bagshaw)

Our latest campaign 'End the Phone Call Nightmares' has officially launched! Here's what's been happening since we went live with it yesterday.

It's been a busy 24 hours here at STAMMA. Yesterday, to coincide with International Stammering Awareness Day, our campaign pushing organisations to improve the way they deal with callers who stammer, went live.

Our advert 'Don't Hang Up. Hang On' is showing in selected cinemas nationwide (thanks to Pearl & Dean) and billboard/bus stop posters are up across the UK for a week or so, thanks to JCDecaux. If you spot one, take a snap and show us: Email it to hello@stamma.org or share it on social media, making sure to tag us in. 

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Two adverts for our Phone Call Nightmares campaign spotted in Manchester

Yesterday morning, we featured on BBC Breakfast, with Kirsten, our Services Lead, chatting with Sally and Ben on the red sofa all about the campaign. She was joined by the brilliant influencer Sam Bagshaw, who shared his own experiences of challenging phone calls. Check out his TikToks, where he’s doing a great job of raising stammering awareness.

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Kirsten and Sam (courtesy of Sam Bagshaw)

Hotfooting it from the BBC studios, Kirsten then went to Bury to give a talk and run a stand at a United Utilities event, where she promoted the campaign with Paul Roberts, co-organiser of our recent STAMMAFest conferences.

Meanwhile, on social media, Sam helped promote our campaign further by making a video about his phone call experiences. STAMMA member Graeme Pickering also made us a video about his challenging phone calls. Both went down an absolute storm, earning over a thousand likes between them. Thank you to both. 

STAMMA's Clara got a shout-out on BBC 6 Music, with Lauren Laverne mentioning us and our campaign on her show yesterday. Listen back at 2m 49s to hear it.

The Nottingham support group also got onto Radio Nottingham to promote the campaign. Great work everyone!

The campaign was picked up by a handful of trade magazines in the creative industry. Here's some headlines:

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Coverage of our campaign in the creative industry trade press

help drive our campaign

This is only the beginning. Over the next 12 months, we'll be taking our End the Phone Call Nightmares campaign to businesses, and we need your help. 

Tell us about your experiences to help us show what the problem is: how organisations set barriers for people who stammer when using the phone. Volunteer to take part in presentations to businesses. Share our social media posts. Find out more about how you can get involved in our campaign.