On Friday 20 September we’ll be heading to the iconic Goodwood Motor Circuit for British Racing Greats 2024 and would love to see you there at this first of its kind charity track event, celebrating the greatest racing games ever made and raising money for SpecialEffect and Solving Kids' Cancer UK. Every significant racing franchise to have been developed in the UK over the last 30 years will be celebrated and represented. The paddocks will be adorned with memorabilia, merchandise and real world cars from the greatest games of our generation, including Need for Speed, Forza, OutRun, F1 Clash, Gran Turismo, Sonic Racing and lots more. The day will feature opportunities for passenger rides, a skid pan experience and a pit stop challenge, whilst racing game inspired cars take to the circuit for parades and demonstrations throughout the day. Tickets are in limited supply, so book yours now to avoid disappointment - https://lnkd.in/dtC9kApY Looking forward to seeing so many friends of both the charities on a very special day 🏎️🏁
About us
We're a charity that's helping everyone with disabilities to enjoy video games for fun, inclusion and rehabilitation. We know there's no one-size-fits-all way of doing this. That's why we're not about sending out free games or video game equipment. In fact we don't sell anything at all. We visit people to find out exactly what they want to play, and what they need to play it. We'll then lend them the equipment they need, and support them until they can get the best out of it. By committing time, patience and expertise, we can open the door to self-esteem, confidence and a better quality of life.
- Website
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http://www.specialeffect.org.uk
External link for SpecialEffect
- Industry
- Computer Games
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Charlbury, Oxfordshire
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2007
- Specialties
- Video games and Disability
Locations
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Primary
The Stable Block
Cornbury Park
Charlbury, Oxfordshire OX7 3EH, GB
Employees at SpecialEffect
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Oscar Clark
(He/Him) Chief Executive Officer at Fundamentally Games Ltd (Bringing Games To Live)
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Stig Strand
C- Suite and Executive Games Industry Recruiter - Ambassador at SpecialEffect
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Johnny Minkley
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Nick Streeter, SpecialEffect
Working with SpecialEffect's brilliant supporters and partners to help change lives through technology and video games.
Updates
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Good luck to all 15 of our GNR runners getting ready to support SpecialEffect next week! Thanks to their fundraising, we’re able to help people all over the country via our BubbleBusters project to help tackle medical isolation 🧡 💙 If you would like to support their fundraising, you can do so via JustGiving - https://lnkd.in/eE9Pay-j or Enthuse https://lnkd.in/ecV7mGuU
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We’re so excited to be the official charity partner of NEXUS Dublin Games Conference, a great opportunity to raise awareness of our work within the Irish games industry. Huge thanks to Stuart Dempsey for his continued support, which enables SpecialEffect to support young people in Ireland like Luke through projects like Eye Gaze Games: https://lnkd.in/espvpZKU NEXUS takes place at the RDS, Dublin this September 25th & 26th and will welcome 300 games industry leaders for two days of networking events, live stage content and roundtable discussions. Hear from international thought leaders from companies including Xbox, NetEase Games, Scopely, Larian Studios and Virtuous discussing key industry topics and trends. For further information visit www.nexusdublin.ie
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Earlier this year SpecialEffect were lucky enough to be awarded the first ever Ukie Diversity and Inclusion award and it was great today to welcome Ukie CEO Nick Poole OBE and Ukie chair Tim Woodley ( who is also one of our long standing and passionate VP's ) to our HQ to update on our various projects working with the games industry and seeking to help more and more people in the UK and across the world. Thank you to Nick and Tim and each and every Ukie member who continues to support our work!
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This #CharityTuesday, we're looking back at #OneSpecialDay 2023, when SpecialEffect beneficiary Bethany used our BubbleBuster project to abseil down Anfield Stadium with members of the games industry, raising over £20,000 for our life-changing work! A stunning story to share ahead of the fast approaching #OneSpecialDay with amazing support from Liverpool Football Club and abseilers from Electronic Arts (EA) Lucid Games Ltd Xbox Avalanche Studios Group Sony Wushu Studios Draw & Code Ripstone Escape Technology Firesprite Secret Mode vTime Skyhook Games Neohype d3t Ukie and SpecialEffect!
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Fantastic to see SpecialEffect beneficiary Rodney showcasing the new Xbox Adaptive Joystick in this announcement video from Microsoft released yesterday! We’ll be adding the joystick to our accessible gaming toolkit when it launches in early 2025. With more accessible software, in-game features and hardware becoming available, there’s now even greater potential for more people with physical disabilities to play! For more on Rodney’s SpecialEffect story see here: https://lnkd.in/ez8fhgMv For more on the Xbox Adaptive Joystick see here: https://lnkd.in/eZYmtrFV
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In 4 weeks time, 22 teams will battle it out at Powerleague Birmingham to be crowned the champion of champions at our SpecialEffect Football Fives Final 2024, to commemorate 10 years of the Football Fives events! Thanks to our wonderful sponsors First Touch Games Ltd. Xbox Sumo Group Red Kite Games Ripstone Kwalee and Ubisoft, as well as over 60 teams that took part in the three regional qualifiers earlier this year, we have raised a record £39,000 so far! We also have a dedicated JustGiving page for finals day in case we might be able to hit the magic £40,000K mark which would be amazing. https://lnkd.in/extKThu6 Best of luck to everyone taking part - we look forward to seeing you on the pitch next month! ⚽
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Working with SpecialEffect's brilliant supporters and partners to help change lives through technology and video games.
Feel good Friday photo sent in by the family of a young SpecialEffect BubbleBuster with their AV1 enjoying some summer tunes! Thanks for sharing Joanne! If you haven't heard of the project do check out the SpecialEffect website to see how it tackles long-term medical isolation through the use of small, friendly, home-controlled desktop robots that place the child’s eyes, ears and voice right back into the classroom and playground. It’s providing life-changing reconnections that overcome loneliness, reuniting friends and rekindle access to education and fun activities. Thanks as always to people who donate and fundraise so projects like this are possible. https://lnkd.in/e7Ngwka8
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#OneSpecialDay is the biggest day in the SpecialEffect year and on Friday October 4th it marks one year since the first ever SpecialEffect Golf Society formed by amazing supporters of the charity. Sign up for the #OneSpecialDay society day is now open and people can join the society and the event at Shirley Golf Club at the link below. https://lnkd.in/eDF4KBGR Thank you to all the members, our brilliant volunteer committee who put these events on in aid of SpecialEffect and sponsors Lucid Games Ltd Assemble Technology Ltd Rocket Science Group 🔜 Gamescom Code Wizards Playground Games Eebz VISUALSKIES LTD PitStop Productions The Multiplayer Group (MPG) and Servers.com for their support.
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An opportunity has opened up for an Occupational Therapist to join our incredible Service Delivery team as part of the Stargaze project! 🌟 Please share far and wide to help us find the perfect person for our team: https://lnkd.in/esrfqbgy "OT roles here offer a great opportunity to gain experience over a wide variety of clinical settings… Our StarGaze work often starts in Intensive Care or High Dependency Units..." 🌟 Find out more about being an Occupational Therapist with SpecialEffect here: https://lnkd.in/erPZM8ZE
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