# THE NORWICH TALKING NEWSPAPER

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 276432
- **Other names:** CHATTERBOX
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 13, 1978
- **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=276432


## Contact

- **Address:** Chatterbox, 240 King Street, Norwich
- **Postcode:** NR1 2TT
- **Phone:** 01603765365
- **Email:** CONTACT@CBTN.ORG.UK
- **Website:** www.cbtn.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE THE BLIND, PARTIALLY BLIND OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN BY THE PROVISION OF AUDIO RECORDINGS.

**Activities:** Chatterbox, the Norwich Talking Newspaper provides weekly recordings of the Eastern Evening News. As well as the weekly news we provide relevant information and details of upcoming events plus a special Christmas edition and quarterly magazine recording. We also supply equipment to play the recordings on. This is all created by a dedicated team volunteers and has been in operation since 1979.

**Area of benefit:** NORWICH




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Norfolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £19111 | £23312 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £17742 | £23529 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £19782 | £30331 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £12042 | £22975 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £11772 | £18896 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Paul James Henderson** (Chair) — appointed March 12, 2025
- Alison Aplin — appointed March 16, 2016
- Anne Telfer — appointed March 16, 2022
- Christine Gilham — appointed March 26, 2010
- David Henry Potten — appointed March 16, 2022
- Elaine Smith — appointed March 15, 2023
- Ian Gorst — appointed March 15, 2023
- JANE ROSE
- Sarah Lusher — appointed March 23, 2012
- Tim Edwards — appointed March 12, 2003