Health Charities That specialise in Visual impairment

Brentwood and District Talking Newspaper provides a service for the blind and partially sighted in the area. Every week a digest of news from the local paper is recorded and sent to our listeners on computer memory sticks. We also produce a periodic audio magazine - 'Sounds of Brentwood' - and a recording from the council's own magazine 'Vision'.

Recording weekly onto USB memory stick the local news for the blind and partially sighted of East Cambridgeshire

Providing weekly recordings on audio memory sticks from our local (weekly) newspaper for visually impaired and any people in the area who are unable to read for whatever reason.

Provision of recorded extracts from the weekly local newspaper for visually impaired listeners.

Providing local weekly news in a suitable format for blind, partially sighted or for people who for some reason cannot hold a newspaper

Assisting blind people and supplying news etc. by digital means

Provision of a weekly USB stick recording of local news read from the local newspaper. Player can be provided on loan. Both services are free of charge. Circulation is to sight impaired persons and other print disabled persons. Circulation obviously varies but is in the range 40-60.

KFFB has been training blind people on self-help projects. There are currently estimated over 100 active cattle rearing projects, the milk from which is collected and sold to the milk marketing board in Kerala on a daily basis. We now look for more modern ways of empowering the visually impaired to reach their potential, eg providing learning materials to young visually impaired students.

The provision of a free service whereby blind, partially-sighted or otherwise reading-disabled residents of the whole of the City of Salford can listen to a local news recording each week on memory stick. A free monthly magazine recording is also sent out once a month. Play-back speakers are loaned free to any listener who needs one.

The Provision of Recordings of the content of the Local Newspaper to those who are unable to read through blindness or similar infirmity

We are a small local charity run entirely by volunteers. We provide blind and partially sighted people with a monthly audio magazine. our aim is to provide a variety of general-interest magazine articles together with a selection of factual and news-related items. By making full use of the Royal Mail 'Articles for the Blind' service we are able to provide this facility without any charge.

To provide on memory sticks, audio tapes, CDs and audio files on a website, local news for the blind or partially sighted, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, Purbeck and East Dorset area.

Talking Newspaper for partially sighted people

To provide weekly recordings in audio format containing local news items and features.

provides a fortnightly talking newspaper service to approximately 250 blind and visually handicapped persons, the majority of whom reside in the Llanelli and District area.

We provide digital sound recordings, of the best achievable quality, of edited extracts from the "Hampshire Chronicle" on a weekly basis, and articles and information of a wider interest as a monthly magazine, to blind or visually impaired people in Winchester and surrounding areas.

Production and recording of spoken news items from local papers/magazines for distribution on memory sticks for people with sight disabilities.

relief payments after deaths. direct payments to registered charities e.g Bike Active, Heart Beat E.A.C.H .also any appeals we might receive from the public.We also give to the the saint elizabeth hospice. We have also given to the East Suffolk Assocciation for the Blind Also to the make a wish charity. these monies are raised mainly in house but we do hold race night quiz nights.

The object of the Association is to relieve the blind, or the partially blind, or those labouring under some temporary or permanent incapacity or disability which makes reading a strain, by the provision of recorded media.

Bolton Newstalk provides an audio news service to blind, visually impaired and disabled people in Bolton using stories from the 'Bolton News'.

produes 2 monthly audio and internet magazines for visually impaired people.

Recording content of local newspapers

Weekly meetings, crafts i.e. basket making, outings

Providing memory sticks and on-line/smartphone application access to our Talking Newspaper for the blind & partially sighted.

Fund raising for local associations for blind people