Special Effect, if you’ve not had the pleasure, is a charity that specialises in assisting disabled gamers get back into gaming. Their hard work has helped many people so far, young and old, with a variety of very different disabilities and abilities. It’s safe to say, they are the only charity in the UK and apparently the world, that supply this type of service, all free of charge to the disabled person.
Here at TIMJ we have had the pleasure of speaking with quite a few people for the purposes of the podcast but none have been perhaps so selfless, giving and caring as Mark Saville and Gavin Tan, two of Special Effect’s amazing staff.
"Gamers’ charity SpecialEffect invite gamers across the world to join the growing community of streamers, creators, and games studios who’ve already signed up for GameBlast24 over the weekend of 23-25 February." - SpecialEffect.
"Gamers’ charity SpecialEffect are inviting gamers across the world to join the many communities, content creators and companies that have already pledged to take part in the tenth annual GameBlast23 challenge over the weekend of 24-26 February." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
"Games industry charity SpecialEffect has announced its flagship One Special Day fundraising and awareness event, taking place this year on Friday 7 October, the charity’s fifteenth anniversary." - SpecialEffect.
