Iain Wilkie
@iainwilkie.bsky.social
Founder @50millionvoices.bsky.social, leader for stuttering inclusion at work, TedX speaker, published author, nature, americana music, human rights & animal rights 🇺🇦
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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
November 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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
Happy International Stuttering Awareness Day!
Several super insights below from an ally of people who stutter at work.
#ISAD2025 #Stuttering #Stammeting #allies #OKToStutter
Several super insights below from an ally of people who stutter at work.
#ISAD2025 #Stuttering #Stammeting #allies #OKToStutter
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.
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.
October 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Happy International Stuttering Awareness Day!
Several super insights below from an ally of people who stutter at work.
#ISAD2025 #Stuttering #Stammeting #allies #OKToStutter
Several super insights below from an ally of people who stutter at work.
#ISAD2025 #Stuttering #Stammeting #allies #OKToStutter
As chair of @50millionvoices.bsky.social , I’m delighted to welcome talented Gina Waggott to this newly created role, helping us to strengthen our foundations & further increase our impact for people who #stutter / #stammer at work. #team #impact
A warm welcome to the newest member of our team, Gina Waggott!
Gina, a woman who stammers, joins us as our new Operations & Finance Officer and brings a wealth of experience in running stammering charities.
Gina, a woman who stammers, joins us as our new Operations & Finance Officer and brings a wealth of experience in running stammering charities.
October 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As chair of @50millionvoices.bsky.social , I’m delighted to welcome talented Gina Waggott to this newly created role, helping us to strengthen our foundations & further increase our impact for people who #stutter / #stammer at work. #team #impact
Excited to be chairing our session tomorrow/today Wednesday on stuttering, AI and the workplace! #HeardAI #AI
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
💌 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
October 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Dr Gerlach-Houck, Associate Professor at Western Michigan University, researches the intersections of ableism and stuttering. Recently, she co-authored the research paper 'Stuttering and Labor Market Outcomes in the United States' and serves on the Leadership team of the HeardAI project.
October 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dr Gerlach-Houck, Associate Professor at Western Michigan University, researches the intersections of ableism and stuttering. Recently, she co-authored the research paper 'Stuttering and Labor Market Outcomes in the United States' and serves on the Leadership team of the HeardAI project.
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Still time to apply for the Operations & Finance Officer role with 50 Million Voices! Applications will close Sunday 21st September.
Check out the thread below for more details 👇
Check out the thread below for more details 👇
Our small and friendly team is expanding!
We're #hiring for a 6 month term freelance Operations & Finance Officer.
We're #hiring for a 6 month term freelance Operations & Finance Officer.
September 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Still time to apply for the Operations & Finance Officer role with 50 Million Voices! Applications will close Sunday 21st September.
Check out the thread below for more details 👇
Check out the thread below for more details 👇
If you're looking for a part-time, purpose-led, home-working UK) opportunity, this could be the role for you!
Info & application process via our website: www.50millionvoices.org/operations-f...
If not, then please share with your networks. Thanks 🙏
Info & application process via our website: www.50millionvoices.org/operations-f...
If not, then please share with your networks. Thanks 🙏
August 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you're looking for a part-time, purpose-led, home-working UK) opportunity, this could be the role for you!
Info & application process via our website: www.50millionvoices.org/operations-f...
If not, then please share with your networks. Thanks 🙏
Info & application process via our website: www.50millionvoices.org/operations-f...
If not, then please share with your networks. Thanks 🙏
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About the role:
- 14 hours a week with flexible timing for mutual convenience
- UK based remote working (from home)
- Responsibilities include a mixture of financial and operational support
- £18 per hour, negotiable
Find out more details and how to apply: www.50millionvoices.org/operations-f...
- 14 hours a week with flexible timing for mutual convenience
- UK based remote working (from home)
- Responsibilities include a mixture of financial and operational support
- £18 per hour, negotiable
Find out more details and how to apply: www.50millionvoices.org/operations-f...
August 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
About the role:
- 14 hours a week with flexible timing for mutual convenience
- UK based remote working (from home)
- Responsibilities include a mixture of financial and operational support
- £18 per hour, negotiable
Find out more details and how to apply: www.50millionvoices.org/operations-f...
- 14 hours a week with flexible timing for mutual convenience
- UK based remote working (from home)
- Responsibilities include a mixture of financial and operational support
- £18 per hour, negotiable
Find out more details and how to apply: www.50millionvoices.org/operations-f...
I love it when we attract someone from a 'new' country to our global Practice #Interview events. It suggests we're reaching more communities & helping more people who #stutter! With 3 new ones below, our program has now reached people in 42 countries!
Thanks to everyone supporting us. Please share
Thanks to everyone supporting us. Please share
Exciting mix of applications so far from 11 countries, incl. 3 new- Gambia, Gibraltar & Latvia - for our 9th global Practice Interview event!
Spaces still available for #interviewees #interviewers & #employers.
Event FREE for people who stutter.
Apply via website: 50millionvoices.org
Spaces still available for #interviewees #interviewers & #employers.
Event FREE for people who stutter.
Apply via website: 50millionvoices.org
August 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I love it when we attract someone from a 'new' country to our global Practice #Interview events. It suggests we're reaching more communities & helping more people who #stutter! With 3 new ones below, our program has now reached people in 42 countries!
Thanks to everyone supporting us. Please share
Thanks to everyone supporting us. Please share
Can’t believe I missed re-posting this after our special @50millionvoices.bsky.social day together on 31 July strategising & enjoying each other’s company!
Huge thanks to EY for hosting us.
Huge thanks to EY for hosting us.
A brilliant strategy day for the 50MV team, hosted by EY at their London Bridge office!
It was energising to get together in person - especially welcoming our Global Coordinator, Shilpa Sagwal, who travelled all the way from India, and our trustee, Chris Gemmell, who came down from Newcastle.
It was energising to get together in person - especially welcoming our Global Coordinator, Shilpa Sagwal, who travelled all the way from India, and our trustee, Chris Gemmell, who came down from Newcastle.
August 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Can’t believe I missed re-posting this after our special @50millionvoices.bsky.social day together on 31 July strategising & enjoying each other’s company!
Huge thanks to EY for hosting us.
Huge thanks to EY for hosting us.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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The session covered:
- Key lessons from our flagship Global Practice Interview Events for people who stutter
- Stories and best practice advice on how to interview successfully
- Several questions, including on cultural and legal differences and their impact on successful interview strategies
- Key lessons from our flagship Global Practice Interview Events for people who stutter
- Stories and best practice advice on how to interview successfully
- Several questions, including on cultural and legal differences and their impact on successful interview strategies
August 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The session covered:
- Key lessons from our flagship Global Practice Interview Events for people who stutter
- Stories and best practice advice on how to interview successfully
- Several questions, including on cultural and legal differences and their impact on successful interview strategies
- Key lessons from our flagship Global Practice Interview Events for people who stutter
- Stories and best practice advice on how to interview successfully
- Several questions, including on cultural and legal differences and their impact on successful interview strategies
Thrilled w/ feedback on our session ‘Interviewing successfully with a stutter’ - & delighted 2 co-present in person w/ Shilpa Sagwal for the 1st time, after giving so many virtual talks together over past 5 years.
Wearing a T-Shirt w/ our #50MV logo felt pretty good too!
#StutteringWorldCongress
Wearing a T-Shirt w/ our #50MV logo felt pretty good too!
#StutteringWorldCongress
The 15th International Stuttering Association World Congress for People who Stutter took place in Rovaniemi from 6-10 August.
50 Million Voices were delighted to be represented by our Founder & Chair, Iain Wilkie, and our Global Co-ordinator, Shilpa Sagwal.
50 Million Voices were delighted to be represented by our Founder & Chair, Iain Wilkie, and our Global Co-ordinator, Shilpa Sagwal.
August 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Thrilled w/ feedback on our session ‘Interviewing successfully with a stutter’ - & delighted 2 co-present in person w/ Shilpa Sagwal for the 1st time, after giving so many virtual talks together over past 5 years.
Wearing a T-Shirt w/ our #50MV logo felt pretty good too!
#StutteringWorldCongress
Wearing a T-Shirt w/ our #50MV logo felt pretty good too!
#StutteringWorldCongress
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Lovely to be back in Victoria Park with the #makingwaves #stammeringprideflag team today for another #stammeringpride march - great turn out, enthusiasm & conversations with old friends & new (very much helped by Scatman’s Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)! Happy pride all!
August 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Lovely to be back in Victoria Park with the #makingwaves #stammeringprideflag team today for another #stammeringpride march - great turn out, enthusiasm & conversations with old friends & new (very much helped by Scatman’s Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)! Happy pride all!
As Chair of 50 Million Voices, am delighted that talented Andrew Janes @cartivist.bsky.social
has joined our Board of Trustees - enhancing our collective skill set and sharing his lived experience of stammering at work. Welcome Andrew!
#Governance #OKToStammer #StammeringTalent
has joined our Board of Trustees - enhancing our collective skill set and sharing his lived experience of stammering at work. Welcome Andrew!
#Governance #OKToStammer #StammeringTalent
We’re excited and proud to welcome Andrew Janes as a new trustee of 50 Million Voices!
Andrew has stammered since early childhood and has been involved with the stuttering community in the UK and internationally for over twenty years.
Andrew has stammered since early childhood and has been involved with the stuttering community in the UK and internationally for over twenty years.
July 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
As Chair of 50 Million Voices, am delighted that talented Andrew Janes @cartivist.bsky.social
has joined our Board of Trustees - enhancing our collective skill set and sharing his lived experience of stammering at work. Welcome Andrew!
#Governance #OKToStammer #StammeringTalent
has joined our Board of Trustees - enhancing our collective skill set and sharing his lived experience of stammering at work. Welcome Andrew!
#Governance #OKToStammer #StammeringTalent
Please read and share. This kind of rejection of people who stammer is all too common. Thank you!
We firmly stand behind Irmo Stijnberg whose entry into the European Film Festival was rejected as they didn’t consider stammering a disability.
Please read and share this brilliant open letter written by the charity Stamily to the director of the festival.
#equity #inclusion
Please read and share this brilliant open letter written by the charity Stamily to the director of the festival.
#equity #inclusion
June 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Please read and share. This kind of rejection of people who stammer is all too common. Thank you!
Enjoyed grasping this opportunity on behalf of @50millionvoices.bsky.social to help challenge the bias against #stammering voices in the global workplace. Feedback has been very positive! Great credit to the BBC Stammering Support Network for organising & leading the event. #OKToStammer
We’re joining the BBC’s 'Stammering and Job Interviews' panel on 9 June, 13:30 UK.
Our Founder and Chair, Iain Wilkie, will share insights from our global Practice Interview Programme.
🎙️ Don’t miss it: bbc.zoom.us/j/95204538102
#stammering #inclusion
Our Founder and Chair, Iain Wilkie, will share insights from our global Practice Interview Programme.
🎙️ Don’t miss it: bbc.zoom.us/j/95204538102
#stammering #inclusion
June 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Enjoyed grasping this opportunity on behalf of @50millionvoices.bsky.social to help challenge the bias against #stammering voices in the global workplace. Feedback has been very positive! Great credit to the BBC Stammering Support Network for organising & leading the event. #OKToStammer
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"I was baring my vulnerability, my stuttering vulnerability, and I knew there was no way back."
In this podcast, I share stories of my lived experience of stuttering at work & how @50millionvoices.bsky.social is helping more employers to benefit from the strengths of colleagues who stutter. Enjoy!
In this podcast, I share stories of my lived experience of stuttering at work & how @50millionvoices.bsky.social is helping more employers to benefit from the strengths of colleagues who stutter. Enjoy!
🎙️ Our founder Iain Wilkie joins Tom Scharstein on the Stuttering WORKS! podcast by World Stuttering Network.
From his career at EY to 50 Million Voices, Iain shares how stuttering can be a strength and how we’re helping shift employer mindsets globally.
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT6B...
From his career at EY to 50 Million Voices, Iain shares how stuttering can be a strength and how we’re helping shift employer mindsets globally.
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT6B...
Stuttering WORKS with Iain Wilkie
YouTube video by World Stuttering Network
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May 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"I was baring my vulnerability, my stuttering vulnerability, and I knew there was no way back."
In this podcast, I share stories of my lived experience of stuttering at work & how @50millionvoices.bsky.social is helping more employers to benefit from the strengths of colleagues who stutter. Enjoy!
In this podcast, I share stories of my lived experience of stuttering at work & how @50millionvoices.bsky.social is helping more employers to benefit from the strengths of colleagues who stutter. Enjoy!
Super article from mentee Lauren about how the ASC mentoring scheme is helping mentees age 18-25 who stammer.
If you're 18-25 in the UK and have a stammer, this free mentoring scheme is worth checking out!
If you're 18-25 in the UK and have a stammer, this free mentoring scheme is worth checking out!
“I used to want to get rid of my stammer. Now, I don’t.” 💬
Lauren Burton shares how the ASC Mentoring Scheme helped her embrace her voice & stammer with pride.
📖 Read her story: buff.ly/XNk0BkA
📝 Apply to be a mentee: buff.ly/4CPIEBP
#StammeringAwareness
Lauren Burton shares how the ASC Mentoring Scheme helped her embrace her voice & stammer with pride.
📖 Read her story: buff.ly/XNk0BkA
📝 Apply to be a mentee: buff.ly/4CPIEBP
#StammeringAwareness
June 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Super article from mentee Lauren about how the ASC mentoring scheme is helping mentees age 18-25 who stammer.
If you're 18-25 in the UK and have a stammer, this free mentoring scheme is worth checking out!
If you're 18-25 in the UK and have a stammer, this free mentoring scheme is worth checking out!
"I was baring my vulnerability, my stuttering vulnerability, and I knew there was no way back."
In this podcast, I share stories of my lived experience of stuttering at work & how @50millionvoices.bsky.social is helping more employers to benefit from the strengths of colleagues who stutter. Enjoy!
In this podcast, I share stories of my lived experience of stuttering at work & how @50millionvoices.bsky.social is helping more employers to benefit from the strengths of colleagues who stutter. Enjoy!
🎙️ Our founder Iain Wilkie joins Tom Scharstein on the Stuttering WORKS! podcast by World Stuttering Network.
From his career at EY to 50 Million Voices, Iain shares how stuttering can be a strength and how we’re helping shift employer mindsets globally.
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT6B...
From his career at EY to 50 Million Voices, Iain shares how stuttering can be a strength and how we’re helping shift employer mindsets globally.
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT6B...
Stuttering WORKS with Iain Wilkie
YouTube video by World Stuttering Network
www.youtube.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"I was baring my vulnerability, my stuttering vulnerability, and I knew there was no way back."
In this podcast, I share stories of my lived experience of stuttering at work & how @50millionvoices.bsky.social is helping more employers to benefit from the strengths of colleagues who stutter. Enjoy!
In this podcast, I share stories of my lived experience of stuttering at work & how @50millionvoices.bsky.social is helping more employers to benefit from the strengths of colleagues who stutter. Enjoy!
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Wishing our friends across the pond a happy National Stuttering Awareness Week!
This year’s theme, “Unapologetically Me,” celebrates the power of authenticity, pride, and visibility within the stuttering community.
Here’s to embracing who we are and stuttering proudly, everywhere!
This year’s theme, “Unapologetically Me,” celebrates the power of authenticity, pride, and visibility within the stuttering community.
Here’s to embracing who we are and stuttering proudly, everywhere!
May 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Wishing our friends across the pond a happy National Stuttering Awareness Week!
This year’s theme, “Unapologetically Me,” celebrates the power of authenticity, pride, and visibility within the stuttering community.
Here’s to embracing who we are and stuttering proudly, everywhere!
This year’s theme, “Unapologetically Me,” celebrates the power of authenticity, pride, and visibility within the stuttering community.
Here’s to embracing who we are and stuttering proudly, everywhere!
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What a life-giving evening @citylit.bsky.social in conversation with Josh St Pierre! Wonderful to see such a great turn out & level of interest. Very much enjoyed the thought-provoking Q&A questions, buzz in the gallery over drinks & welcoming new faces to the community #transformativebelonging
May 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What a life-giving evening @citylit.bsky.social in conversation with Josh St Pierre! Wonderful to see such a great turn out & level of interest. Very much enjoyed the thought-provoking Q&A questions, buzz in the gallery over drinks & welcoming new faces to the community #transformativebelonging
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Only just spotted this @iainwilkie.bsky.social - we’re equally delighted to have your voice & perspective represented in the book & that you were able to join us at the launch event! #SupervisioninSpeechandLanguageTherapy #MakingWaves 🌊🌊🌊
Delighted & proud to have contributed a stammering related chapter to this ground-breaking book on #SupervisionInSpeechandLanguageTherapy! Very enjoyable launch event meeting wonderful people & hearing about the life-changing impact made by Speech & Language Therapists in many different ways! #SLTs
Great stammering representation in this new book with chapters sharing personal stories & professional wisdom about the benefits of 1:1 & group #supervision from the perspectives of clients who stammer, stammering therapists & participants of a mentoring programme for young adults who stammer
April 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Only just spotted this @iainwilkie.bsky.social - we’re equally delighted to have your voice & perspective represented in the book & that you were able to join us at the launch event! #SupervisioninSpeechandLanguageTherapy #MakingWaves 🌊🌊🌊
Super proud for @50millionvoices.bsky.social to be finalists for @businessdisability.bsky.social 'Global Disability Inclusion Award' alongside Coca-Cola & HSBC. Huge thanks to everyone involved! #OKToStutter #purpose #DisabilitySmartAwards2025
If you want to see global disability inclusion in practice, look no further than the finalists for our Global Disability Inclusion Award: @50millionvoices.bsky.social, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and HSBC.
Read about their projects: ow.ly/m1VY50VuHXI
#DisabilitySmartAwards2025
Read about their projects: ow.ly/m1VY50VuHXI
#DisabilitySmartAwards2025
April 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Super proud for @50millionvoices.bsky.social to be finalists for @businessdisability.bsky.social 'Global Disability Inclusion Award' alongside Coca-Cola & HSBC. Huge thanks to everyone involved! #OKToStutter #purpose #DisabilitySmartAwards2025
Having had a stammer from age 7, it felt very special to be invited to the Houses of Parliament to attend Action for Stammering Children's important and enjoyable launch event last week in support of children who stammer.
Thank you to Ria Bernard and the ASC team!
#OKToStammer
Thank you to Ria Bernard and the ASC team!
#OKToStammer
1 in 12 children in the UK stammer, yet many don’t get the support they need.
Last week, Action for Stammering Children launched their new report at Westminster, calling for action with 7 key recommendations.
We’re proud to support this vital campaign to improve support for children who stammer.
Last week, Action for Stammering Children launched their new report at Westminster, calling for action with 7 key recommendations.
We’re proud to support this vital campaign to improve support for children who stammer.
April 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Having had a stammer from age 7, it felt very special to be invited to the Houses of Parliament to attend Action for Stammering Children's important and enjoyable launch event last week in support of children who stammer.
Thank you to Ria Bernard and the ASC team!
#OKToStammer
Thank you to Ria Bernard and the ASC team!
#OKToStammer