# WEALDEN TALKING NEWS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 270183
- **Other names:** HEATHFIELD AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 24, 1976
- **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=270183


## Contact

- **Address:** Wealden Talking News, 1-2 Bank Buildings, Cherwell Road, HEATHFIELD, East Sussex
- **Postcode:** TN21 8JT
- **Phone:** 01435 862 304
- **Email:** secretarywtn@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.wealdentalkingnews.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 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.

**Activities:** Production and provision of audio editions of local newspapers to visually impaired. Production and provision of audio magazines to visually impaired.  Facilities also used to convert written data to audio versions for other local charities, e.g. East Sussex Association for the Blind, Care for the Carers, etc.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE HEATHFIELD AND DISTRICT




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- East Sussex
- West Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £163165 | £14045 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £8158 | £13058 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £5247 | £11944 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £5033 | £12091 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £6383 | £8938 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Alan Cook — appointed Feb. 5, 2022
- Amanda Foster — appointed April 1, 2016
- Dianne Steele — appointed April 1, 2015
- Heather Halit — appointed April 1, 2016
- Keith Mates — appointed July 16, 2022
- Mary Lilla Heaslip — appointed Jan. 25, 2020
- Mike Hollis — appointed Jan. 1, 2014
- RICHARD ARTHUR FOSTER
- Susan Dix — appointed July 16, 2022