# THE TYNEDALE TALKING NEWSPAPER

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1034087
- **Other names:** TTN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 28, 1994
- **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=1034087


## Contact

- **Address:** 8 Monks Meadows, HEXHAM, Northumberland
- **Postcode:** NE46 1LF
- **Phone:** 07849612670
- **Email:** treasurer@ttnweb.uk
- **Website:** ttnweb.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO RELIEVE THE BLIND, OR THE PARTIALLY-SIGHTED, OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED MEDIA OR TACTILE READING MATTER TO RESIDENTS OF TYNEDALE AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

**Activities:** Each week, a team of readers records the Hexham Courant, Tynedale's local newspaper, for distribution to blind and partially sighted people, and to other disabled people unable to read a printed newspaper.  Recordings are copied onto memory sticks, and posted on Friday evenings.  Listeners return the sticks to be re-used for the following week's recording.  We normally have around 100 listeners.

**Area of benefit:** TYNEDALE AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Northumberland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £1669 | £2231 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £1876 | £3258 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £3145 | £2842 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £4535 | £1395 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £6067 | £6453 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr Anthony Newton** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 1, 2025
- ED TURNBULL
- LORAINE OLIVER — appointed July 8, 2019
- Michael BROADHURST — appointed July 16, 2018
- NEVILLE PARKIN — appointed July 16, 2018