"Weekly cassettes
for anybody who finds it difficult to read newsprint"
Registered
Charity 1062354
Patron: Sir Norman Wisdom O.B.E.
Patron: Sir Norman Wisdom O.B.E.
Take a look at the following
pages to find out all about us:-
Latest News - All our latest news and activities
Links - Links to other relevant websites
Eligibility - Find out who is eligible for our service
Get Involved - Information about how you can help
Contact Us - How to get in touch
The Whitecliffs Talking Newspaper provides free weekly cassettes to anybody who finds it difficult to read newsprint. Each week a skilled team of volunteers, reads selected articles of new, events and essential information from the local newspapers - East Kent Mercury, Dover Mercury and Dover Express. Two cassettes are included in the post free bag which is sent out weekly to visually impaired listeners. All you need to listen to the tape is a normal cassette player...
Latest News - All our latest news and activities
Links - Links to other relevant websites
Eligibility - Find out who is eligible for our service
Get Involved - Information about how you can help
Contact Us - How to get in touch
The Whitecliffs Talking Newspaper provides free weekly cassettes to anybody who finds it difficult to read newsprint. Each week a skilled team of volunteers, reads selected articles of new, events and essential information from the local newspapers - East Kent Mercury, Dover Mercury and Dover Express. Two cassettes are included in the post free bag which is sent out weekly to visually impaired listeners. All you need to listen to the tape is a normal cassette player...
The cassette contains: -
Local news
Local events for the coming week
Late opening chemists and other local information
Letters to the editors
Sports results
Local news
Local events for the coming week
Late opening chemists and other local information
Letters to the editors
Sports results
It also includes interviews with interesting people from
all walks of life, and articles from country and other magazines. The
cassette is recorded in a dedicated studio in Deal, by members of the
Whitecliffs Talking Newspaper volunteer team of readers, editors and recording
engineers. The finished article is then sent to the Kent Association for
the Blind in Maidstone where it is duplicated. Around 300 people currently
receive the tapes.
The second cassette entitled the Talking Magazine is produced by different teams of people around Kent each week and includes a wide selection of stories, serials and interviews.
The second cassette entitled the Talking Magazine is produced by different teams of people around Kent each week and includes a wide selection of stories, serials and interviews.
What is the Talking
Newspaper? An entirely free weekly cassette for the visually impaired...
