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Queen's Prize for City Lit
The Queen's Anniversary Prize, honouring outstanding achievement and excellence in UK universities and colleges, has been awarded to City Lit, for their internationally recognised work with adults who stammer. |
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Landy Rally 2007 sponsored event
Craig and Louise Tweedie's Landy Rally drive in September 2007 raised over £1350 for BSA. The rally covered 8 European countries in 7 days - 2300 miles! |
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Stand up - Speak up! BSA Scotland at ELSA 2007
Four Scottish delegates attended this year's ELSA youth meeting, entitled 'Stand up, Speak up', along with Jan Anderson and a drama worker from TAG Theatre Company, Glasgow. |
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Scottish delegation to Croatia World Congress, 2007
Three delegates to provide a slice of their Congress experience. There are also videos of Congress workshops at www.personal-style.de/fc/worldcongress. |
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Cambridge Open Day, 2007
Over one hundred people who stammer, speech therapists, students and academics participated in the first open day run by the Cambridge self help group on 14th April. |
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BSA London Open Day 2006
Tanveer Ali, the organiser, writes about BSA's Open Day in Bethnal Green. |
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BSA Conference 2006, Telford
Velda Osborne, chair of the organising committee, reflects on feedback from our September 2006 conference. |
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Knoydart summer social and fundraising event
BSA Scotland's weekend event on the Knoydart peninsula in June 2006 was a resounding success, with a mix of stammering/non-stammering participants. |
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Stammering Awareness Day bag-packs, 2005
Bag-packs in London and Reading raised funds and stammering awareness for International Stammering Awareness Day. |
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Prestigious award
BSA webmaster, Allan Tyrer, and three professionals who specialise in stammering have received awards from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. |
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Freedom to speak in Hyde Park
Over 120 BSA members, family and friends came to a picnic in Hyde Park, in June 2005. |
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Trip to Stockholm conference
Six members of the Sunday Socials group went to the Stockholm Stuttering Organisation conference in May. A trip to Finland is planned for 2006. |
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Visit to the Scottish Parliament
Eight people who stammer gave evidence to the Equal Opportunites Committee - June 2005. |
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MBE for Roberta Lees
Roberta Lees, one of the foremost UK researchers into stammering, has been awarded an MBE in this year's Birthday Honours List. |
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Aberdeen Open Day 2005
82 people came to BSA Scotland's first Open Day in April 2005. Speakers included Shona Robison, MSP. |
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BSA Christmas Party, 2004
Almost 120 people celebrated our third Christmas party at the Bonnington Hotel in London, in December 2004. |
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Hull Open Day 2004 and Sunday Socials weekend
Open Day organised by Hull & East Yorkshire Stammerers Self-Help Group, with the Sunday Socials group coming for the weekend. |
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Stammering Awareness Day Bag-packs 2004
Thank you to all who helped us raise over £2,700 at our supermarket bag-packs this October. |
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World Congress for People Who Stutter, 2004
First reports from the World Congress in Perth, Western Australia. The event happens every three years - the next is 2007 in Croatia. |
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Wrestling with words
Listen online to this BBC programme on stammering, originally broadcast in February 2004. |
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BSA 25th anniversary party
On Sunday 7 December 2003 more than 100 people joined in the celebrations to commemorate the BSA 25th anniversary... |
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International Stammering Awareness Day 2003
ISAD this year saw the launch of our School CD-R0Ms, and a 'Bring a Pound to Work or School Day.' |
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European Year
2003 was the European Year of People with Disabilities.
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Trans-Icelandic Challenge 2003
Dominic Edwards has successfully completed his Iceland coast to coast trek in aid of BSA. Dominic completed the challenge in just 9 days. He is still happy to accept sponsorship. |
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Snowdon Challenge 2003
Eleven intrepid walkers climbed Snowdon 1, 2 or 3 times, raising money for BSA. August 2003. |
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3 Peaks Challenge
Up Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in aid of BSA. June 2003. |
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Radio 4 Appeal
Thank to our patron Margaret Drabble and all who contributed for helping to make our recent Radio 4 Appeal the most successful yet. |
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Sheffield Communication Open Day
A clear 'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED' from Sheffield Speakeasy's event in June 2003. |
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Feel the power of a bag-pack
A team of almost 25 BSA volunteers packed shopping bags for hundreds of grateful Leeds shoppers on Easter Saturday 2003, who in turn gave £1100 to BSA's work. |
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BSA Christmas Lunch Party - "Euston, we have lift off"
December 2002 - a first for BSA. Rachel Albert writes about the party she organised. |
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Many thanks to Christmas Appeal donors
The 2002 Christmas Appeal has been very successful, thanks to a wonderful response from all our members. |
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Hull Open Day 2002
October 2002 - organised by the Hull & East Yorkshire Stammerers Self-Help Group. Rachel Albert writes about her visit.
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Bungee for BSA
Bob Adams and Simon Zipperlen have successfully completed a tandem bungee jump in aid of BSA.
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Conference 2002
Pictures of our London conference last September |
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Lands End to John o'Groats
Stephen Sheasby's 1100 mile cycle ride in aid of BSA also helped overcome a fear - of talking about stammering. |
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