The NHS Stammering Network held a hugely successful stammering awareness event for the NHS online on International Stammering Awareness Day. With 132 attendees, this has been the biggest stammering event in the history of the NHS. Attendees from across NHS Trusts included adults who stammer,…
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An update from research at Birmingham University funded by the Trust….Taking the stigma out of stammering is the aim for BCU research | Birmingham City University
See the latest paper from Birtan Demirel, who is undertaking a PhD at Oxford University, funded by the Trust https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae305
A service of Thanksgiving for Helen Barker will be held at 12 noon on Thursday 11th April in the Chapel of the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Suffolk. Helen was a founder of the Dominic Barker Trust and over the past 30 years has been instrumental…
In September 2021, the Trust began funding Birtan Demirel to undertake postgraduate research at Oxford University. Birtan is conducting research into different aspects of transcranial brain stimulation in stuttering adults, which we hope will provide possible therapeutic interventions for adults who want to work on…
In 2019, the Trust provided funding to cover the costs of exploratory research into the impact of stammering in the NHS workforce. The research was led by Dr Vaughan Parsons at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Foundation Trust and, following completion of this work in early…
Good luck to Dom’s nephew, Ollie Barker and his friend, Freddie Rock, who are walking the Monopoly Board, visiting all the iconic properties around London – they estimate at least 41 miles at least spread over 2 days. To donate to their wonderful effort, please…
Well done and thank you to Craig Harvey who has cut off his beard to raise funds and awareness about stammering
Congratulations to Dr Avin Mirawdeli and her colleague, Helena, who completed a 10k run in July 2019 in aid of Dom’s Fund. Avin is currently working on a research project at the University of Cambridge, co-financed by Dom’s Fund, to develop an App which can…