St Margarets House
15 Old Ford Road
Bethnal Green
London
E2 9PJ
Helpline: 0845 603 2001
Tel: 020 8983 1003 (General Enquiries)
Fax: 020 8983 3591
E-mail: info@stammering.org
Website: www.stammering.org
Description:
The only national organisation for children and adults who stammer.
Aims:
- To initiate and support research into stammering.
- To identify and promote effective therapies.
- To offer support to all whose lives are affected by stammering.
- To promote awareness of stammering.
Aims:
- Runs a free advice and information service for people who stammer and their relatives throughout the UK, using regional directories of specialist speech therapy provision for stammerers.
- Operates a "Helping Stammering Pupils Project" for schools and teachers.
- Supports a network of local self-help groups.
- Organises conferences, workshops and open days.
- Promotes public awareness and advocates improved speech therapy provision.
- Operates a mail order service of books and tapes.
- Runs a postal lending library of books, tapes and videos.
- Runs schemes for telephone support.
- Liaises with national stuttering organisations in other countries.
Local Groups:
Local self-help groups around the country.
Membership:
£5.00 concessionary per year.
£15.00 Standard membership per year.
updated 14/12/06
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