25 Portland Street, Hull, HU2 8JX Telephone 01482 585822
Supported by Marion Owen Travel
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The Hull and District Talking Magazine is a registered charity that was formed in 1978 with the object of providing recorded audio tapes of local and general interest for those members of the community who, because of some disability, find reading to be a strain or impossible.
The Talking Magazine produces a fortnightly tape of news and feature articles, taken mainly from the local papers in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Anyone who is unable to read a newspaper due to sight problems or other disability can receive the Talking Magazine. We currently send out, free of charge, around 400 tapes each edition.
Registered Blind and Partially-sighted people
qualify immediately, and can enrol with little formality. Other
partially-sighted people qualify if they have N12 vision or worse, and a
certificate is given to this effect by a doctor, optician or other qualified
person. This certificate is needed to comply with Post Office regulations to
enable the 'FREE POST - Articles for the Blind' facility to be extended to the
person wishing to receive the Talking Magazine.
We have about 40 volunteers who all give their time freely to produce the
magazine. We work from our own studio at 25 Portland Street, Hull, HU2 8JX.
We rely totally on donations from the public and businesses; grants from various
charitable trusts and local authorities; and legacies.
If you know of anyone, regardless of where they live in the UK, who may benefit
from our service, or if you are local to the Hull area and would like to be a
volunteer, please print out the appropriate application form, fill it in, then
send it back to us:
0 = Home Page.
1 = Editors & Tape Preparation.
2 = Readers & Recorders.
3 = Copying and Despatch.
4 = Contact.
A = Links.
B =
Help Us.
L =
Listener Form. V =
Volunteer
Form.
When the form appears press control and P together.
When printed Press zero to return to home page.