The aim of the campaign is to encourage people to speak up for speech and language therapy services and protect them from cutbacks. Therapists all over the country are speaking up for their clients and encouraging as many people as possible to take part.

The college believes:

• Speech and language therapists are specialists who enable people to develop or regain vital communication and swallowing skills.
• Problems with speech and language imprison the individual and severely limit their participation in family life, the community, education and the world of work.
• Tackling communication and swallowing problems reduces avoidable costs and waste in the NHS, local authorities, the criminal justice system and the wider economy.
• Urgent changes are needed to support timely access to speech and language therapy for those who need it.

More information is available at www.givingvoiceuk.org where you can upload videos or write a speech bubble to make your needs and opinions on the matter heard.