Christmas Crackers 2021

23rd December 2021

Celebrating all those who have made a cracking contribution for our community this year. Thank you all and merry Christmas!

Our Christmas crackers are:

Tim Fell: An outstanding award-winning Chair of STAMMA from 2014 to 2021 plus fabulous years of wisdom and service.

Daniel Liakh: Creator of the Not Just One Day video, part of our No Diversity Without Disfluency campaign.

Bex Lefort: Quizmaster extraordinaire.

Scroobius Pip: For hosting our International Stammering Awareness Day online discussion about stammering in the media; for appearing on our podcast Around the Block; and for all the help and support on social media.

Paul Fix: Unsung support on recruitment and thinking.

Graziano, Imelda, Marcos & all the team at Ibérica: Being such great partners as we work together to create stammer-friendly environments for staff and customers at their restaurants.

Bhupinder Purewal: For launching a new local group in Coventry, joining the Youth Panel and writing for Your Voice, 'How teaching helped me embrace my stammer'.

Sarah, Liz, Peter, Michael, Susanne, Neil & Sharon: For all their work making the Parent2Parent Support Groups happen.

Tracey & Helen: For launching the Adults New to Stammering support group.

Jess T: For her thoughtful, caring way of working with individuals and organisations to provide high level support for helpline callers.

Jaclyn: For sharing her wisdom and compassion in the Minding Less About Stammering workshops.

Helen Allen: For being the volunteering gift that keeps on giving! A behind-the-scenes marvel of organisation, analysis and support. 

Gemma Townley & Matty Hall-Thomas: Being the stars of our first ever podcast, creating something fresh and new which has inspired listeners. Plus Naheem Bashir & Steven for being awesome podcast producers.

Francesco Licciardello: Our volunteer Google Ads guru.

Ronan Miller, Nina G & Marc Winski: For all their help and performances on the No Diversity Without Disfluency campaign videos.

Callie Powell & Hugo Rich: For editing the No Diversity Without Disfluency campaign videos.

Gary Pickard: For donating proceeds of his single 'I Can't Say My Name' to STAMMA.

Paul Roberts: For providing a great voiceover for our Not Just One Day video.

Dean Ridge, Jenny, Hanan Hurwitz & Steven Babic: For all their fantastic work on the STAMMAFest conference (coming in August 2022) planning and website.

Allan Tyrer: For all his legal advice (see his website stammeringlaw.org.uk).

Temitayo Adesegun, Marlon Sampedro & John Russell: For fundraising for STAMMA at the Santa In The City Run.

Michael Letheren: For fundraising for STAMMA at the Lakeland Trails.

Bradley Severen: For hosting a twelve-hour fundraising Twitch Livestream.

Antoinette Okonkwo: For fundraising for STAMMA at the ASICS London 10k, and joining our Youth Panel.

Jatin Patel: For raising over £1,100 for STAMMA through sponsored runs, hikes and climbs.

Falcore Allington-Hodgson: For fundraising for STAMMA at the Robin Hood Half Marathon.

Adam Booth Fundraising for STAMMA through a 500-mile challenge.

Paul Humphreys: For fundraising for STAMMA at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Sibon Phiri: For her input for Black History Month.

Lastly, goodbye to three of our much-loved supporters who sadly passed away this year:

Brian Dodsworth: President and ex-Chair. (Read our tribute to Brian.)

Roy Tranckle: Stalwart and much loved member of BSA/STAMMA. (Read our tribute to Roy.)

Lynne Mackie: Inspirational member of STAMMA, Stamily and the Scottish Stammering Network. (Read our tribute to Lynne.)