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2024 Programme

if you want to Lead A workshop, givE a talk or presentation, or sharE your talents at STAMMAFest 2024 we’d love to hear from you!

deadline 25th february '24

STAMMAFest 2024 is an in-person event, taking place at Nottingham Trent University from 15th – 18th August 2024.  Please complete the application form below to let us know about your ideas and the support you would need. 


The deadline for applications is
SUNDAY 25TH FEBRUARY 2024
(23:59 UK time).

We will review all the applications and decide which sessions can fit the programme, on what day and at what time. We’ll let you know whether your session has been allocated a place in the programme by 31st March 2024.



PLEASE READ THE GUIDANCE BELOW, THEN FILL IN THE FORM AT THE END OF THIS PAGE TO APPLY.

DO I NEED A TICKET EVEN IF I’M RUNNING A SESSION?

Even if your application is successful and your session is included in the STAMMAFest 2024 programme, you will still need to buy yourself a ticket and cover your own travel expenses. A large proportion of the presenters at the event are also attendees and, as a charity, STAMMA still has to cover the conference costs, venue hire, catering, audio-visual equipment, etc. STAMMA can only afford to run the event by charging its attendees, including session presenters, the ticket price. There are some concessions and funded tickets available and which you can apply for. You can read more about that here.

HOW DO I APPLY TO RUN A SESSION?

To apply to run a session, fill out the form further down this page. You need to complete a separate form for each workshop or presentation idea. Make sure you read the "Streams" information below, as you'll be asked which of the event 'streams' your session would fit into best.

Streams

Stammering, or stuttering, is what brings us together, but we’re all different and we want to make sure that STAMMAFest 2024 has something for everyone. For this reason, workshops, presentations and sessions will be allocated into one of the following four ‘streams’:

Community sessions could be on anything from cartooning to belly dancing, boardgames to early morning running, or how to set up or keep a local group or network going! These sessions cover anything that bring people and their voices together, fostering a sense of community. We’d love to hear from you!

What sort of ideas, concepts or experiences do you think are important for people who stammer? Sessions in this stream can include discussions in groups, presentations about stammering, workshops on the experiences and decisions that shape us, and the ideas that influence how we choose to live our lives with stammering.  

How can we change the world around us so that businesses, employers, teachers and even our friends can make space for stammering? How do we change society's understanding of stammering as a way some people talk, rather than a sign of nervousness or weakness?

What does change look like to you - and how do we get there? What change do you want to see? You might want to challenge a shop or service to be more respectful and inclusive to customers who stammer. Or perhaps you've recently changed the views of stammering amongst your own friends and family. Your voice is worth hearing and these ideas and many more can be covered in these sessions.

If you would like to talk about research that you have planned or already carried out, then these sessions are a perfect opportunity to talk through your ideas (or results!) with people who stammer. Why are research and therapy approaches important to our community? How do researchers and therapists support people who stammer and ensure their voices are heard?

INCLUSIVITY

If you’re running a session at STAMMAFest, we want you to feel as comfortable as possible in that environment. So if there’s something that is useful for us to know about you, or something in the way we’ve set up our process or ways of working that’s making things difficult for you, let us know. There’s space on the form for you to tell us or you can contact us at programme@stamma.org. Or, call our helpline on 0808 802 0002 and ask someone from the STAMMAFest organising team to call you back. We’ll do our best to adapt, support and make things work!