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Thank you for taking the
time to read about the Sandbach & District Talking Newspaper and the voluntary service we provide to the local community.
We are a Registered Charity set up in 1986, with the objective of assisting the visually impaired, or those suffering some
temporary or permanent incapacity or disability which makes reading a strain, by the provision of recorded tapes or tactile
reading matter.
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Each week we produce “NEWSWEEK”,
our local Talking Newspaper, in which we record items of local news with views, information and readers’ letters from
the local newspapers onto audio cassette for our listeners. This enables them to keep up-to-date with what is happening in
the local community.
The areas we report on cover:
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Sandbach
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Middlewich
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Alsager
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Holmes Chapel
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Goostrey
In addition we produce “special”
tapes which are also sent to each listener. These include our monthly extracts from the prestigious Cheshire Life magazine and our twice-yearly extracts from Congleton Borough Council’s
The Link publication. Recently we have also started
to record extracts from the quarterly This England and Evergreen
magazines as well. This means that some weeks we are producing in excess of 200 tapes and at least 7000
each year!
All volunteers
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| Newsweek recording session |
To meet this task we have some
70 volunteers, including:
- Editors
- Readers
& Relief Readers
- Recording
Technicians & Relief Technicians
- Administrators
- Trustees
& Committee members
All of these are volunteers and
give their time at no cost. They are a dedicated team whose only objective is to put a little light into the world of their
listeners. If you would like to join the team, please go to the Help Us! page.
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Our History
The Sandbach & District Talking
Newspaper has 20 years of history. Some of the highlights have been:
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our first recording was made
in December 1986 using facilities and recording equipment much less sophisticated than we have today.
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in April 2004 we moved to our
new purpose-built studio on the outskirts of Sandbach
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our 1000th recording was made
on 14th June, just under 20 years since our first tape was made in 1986. Our Honorary President, Lady Winterton
MP, recorded a special message.
Donations
We rely on donations to help us cover the running costs of the charity.
We are very grateful to have received donations from organisations such as the Samaritan Masonic Lodge, Alsager Rotary Club
and Cheshire Primary Health Care Trust.
If you would like to make a donation, please click here to go to our Help Us! page.
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Copyright 2006, Sandbach & District Talking Newspaper Association
Registered Charity No. 1049796
Sandbach & District Talking Newspaper has tried to ensure that
the information on this website is accurate at the time of its inclusion. However, it cannot accept responsibility for any
loss or damage resulting from errors or omissions appearing on this website and any user who relies on such information does
so entirely at their own risk.Links from this site to other sites do
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no responsibility for the accuracy of any information on the site concerned.
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