Special Effect Charity

Every year on One Special Day[onespecialday.org.uk] and across the weekend, the games industry and gamers stand together to raise vital income to help the gamers’ charity SpecialEffect[www.specialeffect.org.uk] level the playing field for gamers with disabilities which this year marks the charity’s 15th year anniversary.

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The support of our games industry partners – and their communities – will help the thousands of disabled people every year who ask for the charity’s assistance. Our teams of therapists and technical specialists provide assessments and customised technology loans to help bring joy into the lives of people with disabilities. In turn, the charity pass on what they learn to help hardware and software developers make their products and games easier to use for as many people as possible all over the world via resources including the SpecialEffect DevKit , as well as creating their own ground-breaking accessible gaming projects such as EyeMine[www.specialeffect.org.uk] and Eye Gaze Games[www.specialeffect.org.uk].

Learn more about One Special Day here[www.justgiving.com].

Special thanks to Ranj Vekaria, Kay Lousberg and No Isolation for their support with this year’s artwork inspired by the Special Effect BubbleBusters Project.