STAMMA needs your phone call nightmare stories to help drive our campaign. Here's how you can do it, as well as find other ways to get involved.
Our new campaign is all about pushing organisations to improve phone accessible for people who stammer. Join us and let's change the landscape so that phoning a company is normal, and not a nightmare!
We need your stories!
We need as many of your experiences as possible to show businesses what the problem is. That way, we can get them to understand the impact of poor phone call accessibility.
Tell us about a recent phone call nightmare you've had. Drop us an email at media@stamma.org with details. It can be just a short paragraph or give us both barrels. Don't include personal names. Do tell us about the impact of the call.
If the call was so bad that you want to take action, go even further: give all the details to our Advocacy Service, and we'll see what we can do. But don't sit on it, otherwise before you know it, the window for any legal action will close.
Share on socials
We need as many people as possible to see this campaign. We need your help to do that.
Check out our social channels below and please share our campaign posts far and wide. It could be as simple as reposting them on your profile or sharing them on Stories — it will only take a few minutes, but it will make a massive difference.
Share with YOUR EMPLOYER
Do you work for an organisation that takes incoming or outgoing phone calls from the public? It would be great if you could:
- share our report on stammering and phone accessibility with them (download it below)
- show them our tips on how to make phone calls more accessible
- ask them to send someone to our free online training workshops.
Or, email us at training@stamma.org with contact details for the relevant department in your organisation - we'll get in touch with them.
Donate & fundraise
We know the campaign looks swish, thanks to the awesome pro bono support we've received from Iris Worldwide, JCDecaux and Pearl & Dean. But if it's going to succeed over the next months and years, we need to put the legwork in by approaching the call centres, pushing our workshops and training, and checking back on them.
Our staff and volunteers are amazing, but the operation costs money. Money we need to run the workshops, print materials and take the calls.
Help us to make this campaign a success. Please donate or fundraise for STAMMA — download our fundraising pack below to get some ideas.
"STAMMA has created a culture which is warm and welcoming from the start. A space where everyone could contribute and share ideas, where everyone felt valued."
Volunteer
Become an advocate
We want to develop a team of volunteers who can advocate and present our campaign on the ground, to businesses and services nationwide. And we'll need people who stammer to talk direct to businesses alongside with us, to help them understand how and why changes are needed. This would be on an ad-hoc basis, and we'd support you all the way. This work forms part of our National Lottery work.
If you'd like to be part of this movement, contact volunteer@stamma.org and use 'Nightmare phone calls' as your subject title.
"Recognition was always there... STAMMA went out of their way to say you were helpful, you really felt like you were contributing and making a difference."
Volunteer
Join our general volunteer team
Our amazing team of volunteers keep the wheels of STAMMA spinning forward (and they keep taking us further and further!). Volunteers are embedded in all our support services: our helpline & webchat, advocacy and employment support, workshops and training, and supporting families and children. The opportunities are as wide as your ambition, and we'll make sure you have all the training and support you need to create an impact.
If you'd like to get involved in other ways, head over to our Volunteer With Us page to find out about our current opportunities. Not sure if it's the right fit for you? Then chat with us! Contact us at volunteer@stamma.org and we'll talk through any of your questions.
