Talking Newspaper for the blind and partially sighted

[Pans Lass]

Please help ....

As a volunteer for the local Talking Newspaper I am appealing for donations/sponsors to raise money to buy a new Coomber Cassette/ CD recorder and several portable CD players for our current members who use this service every week. This is a very valuable service for the blind and partially sighted people of Kintyre .


Try imagining living life without the local newspaper! Read on...please no smart comments !


This is what we do to help fill this gap.....

We give blind, visually impaired and listeners with other disabilities the independent means of keeping in touch with what's going on in the local community.

How does the weekly Talking Newspaper help ...

It enables blind, visually impaired and listeners with other disabilities to keep in touch with the local community. For housebound listeners, the talking newspaper can provide a sense of belonging in the wider community with familiar and friendly voices in the home each week.


The Talking Newspaper is available free to anyone in the Kintyre area interested in The Campbeltown Courier and is unable to read newsprint for whatever reason.
This free service has been operating for over 20 years and is run by a group of local volunteers who each week take it in turns to read the local courier onto a master audible tape which is then copied and mailed out in special package to our list of members. At present we have about 15 members .

The local Post Office delivers and returns these tapes each week free of charge. I know the listeners who use this service are very grateful and for some its the only means of knowing what is happening in the local community .

Unfortunately the Coomber we use is over 10 + years old and is getting tired, the audible sound is not as clear as it used to be making it difficult for our listeners to hear the tapes . Our copier is also failing and we can only copy 2 tapes at a time and when you have approx 20 each week this takes time to do . Cassettes are also becoming a thing of the past and the new coombers use CD's . To replace these two items and purchase portable CD players for our listeners it would cost approx £1000 . As a voluteer myself along with Laura Campbell ( Mum Mairi is a volunteer) we are running the 10 K to help achieve this goal . Any donations / sponsors would be gratefully appreciated .


If anyone would like to learn more about this service please contact Mairi Campbell or Gail Williams


Thank you in advance .

[argylltourist]

Could you put up an address for donations?

[Pans Lass]

Could you put up an address for donations?

Thanks Argylltourist ...I will PM you an address .

[the ice maiden]

Pans, this is a very much needed service. I know mammy really enjoyed listening to hers. You really don't appreciate how much you miss out on if your eyesight is poor or damaged. Well done x

[Mary G]

Pans Lass

A service very close to our heart. I'll give you a donation next weekend when I see you

Please remind me if I forget...

[Frosty]

Could you forward me the address to, please, Pans Lass.
My Mum uses the service, when I'm in Town I see her listening to the Courier on tape. A great service and an absolute must for all members as they look forward to receiving their tapes.

Thank you,
fROSTY

[Anne Baird]

Could I have the address too please.

Cheers, Anne

[Pans Lass]

A huge thanks in advance to everyone for your kind donations. Much appreciated .

As you say its a much needed service from Ice Maiden Mary G and Frosty's comments . Thank you


Mary looking forward to seeing you next week at the MOK