# Redditch and Bromsgrove Talking Newspaper

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1014645
- **Other names:** REDDITCH AND BROMSGROVE TALKING NEWSPAPERS, REDDITCH TALKING NEWSPAPER AND SUPPORT FUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 8, 1992
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1014645


## Contact

- **Address:** 24 BROMFIELD ROAD, REDDITCH
- **Postcode:** B97 4PN
- **Phone:** 01527451292
- **Email:** mmountford@blueyonder.co.uk
- **Website:** www.tnf.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ASSIST THE BLIND OR TH PARTIALLY SIGHTED OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES OR TACTILE READING MATTER.

**Activities:** To provide a weekly talking newspaper, containing local news and other useful information including local and national government bulletins on social matters; community safety; environment; transport and leisure. The newspaper is distributed on USB memory sticks and uploaded onto the BWBF streamed service for accessing through the Talking Newspaper app and on smart speakers such as Alexa.

**Area of benefit:** IN PRACTICE REDDITCH




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Worcestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £10908 | £3390 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £2992 | £3364 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £3827 | £3189 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £255 | £4018 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £1392 | £5406 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Ronald Hedley Brook-Carter** (Chair) — appointed May 8, 2021
- Donald James Cunningham — appointed May 25, 2021
- Janette Kerr — appointed May 31, 2022
- Jeffrey John Percival — appointed June 30, 2025
- MARGARET MOUNTFORD
- Mary Grace Tyson — appointed June 30, 2025
- Sheila Ann Smith — appointed Nov. 25, 2017
- Susan Percival — appointed Nov. 25, 2017