The Cambridge Self-help Group For Adults Who Stammer

A group for adults in Cambridgeshire who stammer or have a connection to it.

Organiser Robert says, "At meetings we generally chat about our recent experiences and feelings. This can be about overt stammering but also the covert side of things, from embarrassment to a lack of confidence in our social or professional lives.

'The main aims of the group are to provide:

• support to fellow stammerers 
• knowledge or advice from our many years of experience
• an opportunity for people who stammer to meet and talk socially
• a non-judgemental environment where one is allowed to stammer freely
• an opportunity to practice speech techniques of one's choice
• opportunities to reflect on our past months in terms of speech and associated feelings
• last, but not least, we're there to have fun!

'I try to theme each meeting. Someone in the group or an invited guest can give a presentation on a different topic around stammering, a course they have recently attended, or anything they've found helpful.

More details

Meetings are usually on the first Thursday of each month from 7:30pm to 9pm at the new venue of Corpus Christi College. 

You can join in on Zoom too. You need to live in Cambridgeshire or have a connection to it to join.

If you live in the Cambridgeshire area and want to be part of it, email Robert at cambridgeselfhelp@hotmail.co.uk Or you can phone him on 07917830299.

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About the group

Since Robert formed the group in 2015, it has hosted two successful open days with speakers and guests attending from the UK and Europe, and the innovative, online Celebration of Stammering and the Arts (which you can watch back) during the pandemic. 

Robert says, "We are the only service available for adults who stammer in the area, which is nothing short of a disgrace as the NHS no longer supports the majority of stammerers. Obviously we are limited in what we can offer as none of us are trained clinicians but we are able to use our considerable shared experiences of stammering to offer support and a safe space to speak about our stammers.”

The group was also featured in an article in Cambridge News in March 2017.

See other ways you can get involved with the STAMMA community.