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Wallingford District Talking Newspaper Association

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
296172
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 16, 1987
Legal form
Other
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
65A Brookmead Drive
WALLINGFORD
Oxfordshire
OX10 9BG

Contact

Activities

We produce an audio version of our local weekly newspaper, The Wallingford Herald, and other community magazines. Volunteers meet each week to read articles onto digital media which are distributed the next day to up to 40 people with visual or reading difficulties. Each registered listener is provided by the charity with an audio player to listen the recorded news.

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 Recordings And Audio Equipment. In Furtherance Of This Object, But Not Otherwise, The Association Through Its Committee Shall Have The Following Powers:-(A) To Take And Accept Any Gifts Of Property (Whether Subject To Any Special Trusts Or Not), When The Committee Is Satisfied That IT Is In The Interests Of The Association To Do So.(b) To Raise Funds And To Invite And Receive Contributions From Any Person Or Persons Whatsoever By Way Of Subscription, Donation Or Otherwise; Provided That The Committee Shall Not Undertake Any Permanent Trading Activities In Raising Funds For The Said Object.(c) To Seek Authorisation From The Post Office To Use The Free Postage Facility Available Under Post Office Regulations, And, If Such Authority Is Granted, To Use This Facility For The Distribution Of Recordings To Those People To Whom The Regulations Currently Apply.(d) To Distribute The Recordings By Means Other Than The Use Of The Free Postage Facility Mentioned In 2(C) Above To People Other Than Those Covered By The Post Office Regulations Relating To This Facility.(e) To Do All Such Other Things As Shall Further The Object Of The Association.

Classification

How
Provides Services
What
Disability
Who
People With Disabilities

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Oxfordshire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £499 £573
March 31, 2024 £581 £763
March 31, 2023 £426 £507
March 31, 2022 £161 £592
March 31, 2021 £623 £923

Trustees

Name Appointed
Lynda Atkins DL Jan. 24, 2018
Mike Leader Jan. 23, 2019
Peter Seymour July 5, 2006