Founder and CEO of SpecialEffect Mick Donegan collects the BAFTA Special Award 👏

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BAFTA Games Mick Donegan The honour is all ours, thank you so much BAFTA! 🧡💙

We're honoured to present this year's BAFTA Special Award to SpecialEffect, the games charity that brings the joy of gaming to physically disabled people across the world 🏆

The award will be presented to Founder and CEO Dr Mick Donegan at the #BAFTAGamesAwards on 11 April.

Ready. Set. #GAMEBLAST24 !

GameBlast sign-ups are officially open and YOU are invited to take part from 23rd-25th February 2024, helping to level the playing field for physically disabled gamers all over the world!

Retweet to spread the word and check replies to sign up 💙🧡

In December, SpecialEffect ambassador Lucinda took a very special tour of the Silverstone Museum, using eye-controlled telepresence technology provided by SpecialEffect for the day!

A big thank you to ITV's Nick Smith for his insightful reporting of the visit!

Fantastic evening filming at Silverstone museum with the SpecialEffect team as they trial tech allowing those with severe mobility issues to tour the exhibits from the comfort of their own home, interacting along the way …

In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’re delighted to share this amazing story from our #JingleJam22 charity partners SpecialEffect. Happy gaming, Elliot!

It's not just the games industry getting in on the football fun with #OneBigGame , taking place this week.

Over the last few months, SpecialEffect have been working with Finley, a young boy with cerebral palsy, to help him rival his siblings in FIFA!

✨ #GameBlast23 sign-ups are now OPEN! 🎮

Help us level the playing field for gamers with physical disabilities and celebrate the 10th anniversary of GameBlast by taking part in the UK's biggest charity gaming weekend this February!

Sign up today: specialeffect.org.uk/gameblast

'It's like you've helped them open the doors to this wonderful world of gaming, having just been looking in through the window for years and years and years.'

How much do you know about the life-changing work SpecialEffect does? eurogamer.net/the-accessibil…

'And he said, 'Thank you for giving me my life back.''

SpecialEffect

Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/6pnWMEcUH…

Piece: eurogamer.net/the-accessibil…

A wonderful visit today with SpecialEffect team after 3 long years. So inspired how they enable gamers with disabilities to play games & connect. Played games & texted using only my eyes, raced in Forza Horizon 5 using just my chin. Even proper tea & my first mincemeat pie! 🙏🏻💚

It's an honour to work with SpecialEffect for another year running for #jinglejam2022 !

Special Effect is the gamer's charity, working to optimise inclusion, enjoyment and quality of life by helping gamers with physical challenges control games to the best of their abilities.

Take 30 seconds today and vote for us in Oxford Bus Company's #BrandTheBus competition 🚍 Help us spread the word about SpecialEffect all over Oxfordshire in 2023!

Entry number 68, vote here ➡️ oxfordbus.co.uk/vote-now

Thanks to your amazing support over the last 15 years, we've been able to work with Seren and help her attend school and spend time with her friends while receiving hospital treatment for leukaemia. Learn more here: specialeffect.org.uk/news/seren-and…

WOW! We want to say a massive THANK YOU for your unbelievable #OneSpecialDay support today! Because of you, we’ll be able to continue supporting gamers like Samuel in his gaming adventures!

Read his story here: onespecialday.org.uk/its-fantastic-…

RT to share his amazing smile 🧡💙

It’s #OneSpecialDay and SpecialEffect’s 15th anniversary! Buy, play, and donate today and let’s work together to level the playing field for gamers with physical disabilities all over the world!

Please RT to share the love: onespecialday.org.uk

Buy, play, donate! The #OneSpecialDay Steam Sale starts today and runs until Monday 10 October!

All the featured titles are donating some or all proceeds from this sale to SpecialEffect and we’re so grateful to all our incredible partners 💙

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Y'arr, what's all this then? Our friends at Sea of Thieves sharing their plunder for #OneSpecialDay ?! Thank ye for the support, pirates☠️❤️!

Hot off the press, we're so excited to share this video! Using a videoconferencing robot controlled by her eyes, Lucinda toured the @Smithsonian Museum and visited the 'Futures' exhibit, featuring our eye-controlled Minecraft software 👀

Learn more here: specialeffect.org.uk/news/lucindas-…