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Games industry raise over £760k for One Special Day 2025
Over 65 games industry partners united to raise over £760,000 for SpecialEffect through our flagship One Special Day campaign in October. We’re indebted to the games industry across the world for joining together to support our life-changing work. The funds raised from One Special Day will be a huge boost in the charity’s mission to…
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“Its the best medicine” Paul plays with his mouth and head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIJbcQdFkBM “When you’re playing a battle royale against 99 other players and you know that you’ve won with just your mouth and your head movement, it’s such a good feeling.” Meet Paul, who’s playing and winning thanks to years of ongoing support from our specialist therapists. Paul has very limited movement due to a spinal…
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Buy and Play on One Special Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LME_d9a41xI One Special Day is here! With YOUR support we can continue to help bring light and laughter to the lives of disabled gamers across the globe. Choose titles from a wide range of fantastic mobile games on 3 October and help us bring magic gaming moments to people of all ages with physical disabilities.…
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Thank you to our One Special Walk sponsors
We’re thrilled to share more exciting news about our upcoming, inaugural One Special Walk from the London Stadium to Wembley on Friday 3 October. Alongside our headline sponsor Electronic Arts (announced earlier this week), we’re proud to welcome four event sponsors who are helping make this very special occasion possible, as well as new event…
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Eight event partners boost One Special Walk
We’re delighted to announce our One Special Walk event partners from across the games industry including Gamma, Hasbro, HundredStar, Rocksteady, SEGA, Sumo, and Wildlight, as well as Round Table Great Britain & Ireland, who have announced SpecialEffect as their national charity of the year for 2025. Our grateful thanks go to the all the wonderful…
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Electronic Arts powers up our inaugural One Special Walk
Electronic Arts, a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, has announced its sponsorship of our flagship One Special Walk event, taking place in London on Friday 3 October 2025. Hundreds of walkers – including games studios, gamers, fans, and SpecialEffect supporters – will set off from the London Stadium and make their way 15 miles…
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