Our START 25th celebration event on Wednesday 18 March has been postponed. Eric Allan, Board Chair, spoke of the Board’s sadness at having to make this difficult decision.
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Welcoming Nikki – our Grants Coordinator
This formal introduction is well overdue, as Nikki joined us in April of 2019! It has been wonderful having her join the team, taking charge of the Grants Coordinator position, previously filled by the amazing Frances.
Welcome Brittney – the latest addition to our Speech Language Therapist team!
Brittney is a born and bred Invercargill girl who studied Speech and Language Pathology at the University of Canterbury, graduating in 2012. She worked for the Ministry of Education in Invercargill and Wellington, before heading to the UK to work as a locum speech language therapist.
Ricoh – Helping kids achieve their best START
Last year, our organisation sent out an appeal to raise $7,200 to help 10 Kiwi kids access treatment for stuttering. Mike Pollock, CEO of Ricoh, and former START Board Member reached out to us and generously offered to contribute 50% towards our goal.
University and START combine to create an oral history of START
Last year the Board and Executive Director decided to explore the possibility of creating a history of the Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust (START) in an affordable way. We approached a number of Universities to see if any had senior students interested in doing this as part of their study. I
Flowers mark Janelle Irvine’s ten years of service to people who stutter
n April Janelle Irvine completed ten years of service to the stuttering community through her work at START. Janelle commenced work as a Speech Language Therapist (SLT) at START in 2009.
Introducing our newest Speech Language Therapist
We would like to welcome our new Speech Language Therapist (SLT) – Beth Laurenson – to the team at START.
Why don’t I stutter when I speak with an accent?
Why speaking differently can make your stutter disappear – If you are a person who stutters, you may or may not have noticed that when you put on an accent, or deliberately speak differently to how you might usually speak, that your stutter is less evident, or has even disappeared completely!
The Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust on The Project NZ
Take a look at our feature on The Project – a 2 night feature on stuttering that we are so pleased with.