Press Release

With last week’s release of ‘The King’s Speech’, starring Colin Firth as the late King George VI, stuttering is being thrust into the public consciousness.

Widely acclaimed by critics, this movie balances first class cinematography with successfully tackling a subject so often overlooked or even still taboo.

Stuttering affects more than 500,000 people, or 5% of the population, in the UK today and an estimated 42 million individuals worldwide. Whilst UK laws are aimed at supporting and protecting individuals with such disabilities, the reality is so often very different.

Motivational speaker, trainer and business communications coach, Mike Blissett, suffered a debilitating and severe stutter until his mid-20s. (read more)