The McGuire Programme is a stammering or stuttering programme/course run for people who stammer or stutter by people who stammer. It was founded in 1994 by American Dave McGuire. Scottish international rugby union captain,

Kelly Brown Kelly Brown (born 8 June 1982) is a Scottish rugby union coach and former player. He won 64 caps for the Scotland national team, and played club rugby for Glasgow Warriors, Border Reivers and Saracens as a flanker. He retired from playing ...

, is a graduate of the course. Singer Gareth Gates attended the programme's workshops and subsequently qualified as a speech instructor himself. Stammering awareness activist Adam Black, also a graduate of the course, received a

British Empire Medal The British Empire Medal (BEM; formerly British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. The current honour was created in 1922 to ...

in the

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list where his work raising awareness of stammering was recognised.

References

External links

Official website
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