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The West Shropshire Talking Newspaper

The Shropshire Talking Newspaper For The Blind, The West Shropshire Talking Newspaper For The Blind

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
504996
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed June 8, 2026. Filing history
Registered
March 15, 1976
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
The Roy Fletcher Centre
Cross Hill
Shrewsbury
SY1 1JE

Contact

Phone
01743 364726
Email
wstn@btconnect.com
Website
wstn.org.uk
Screenshot of the The West Shropshire Talking Newspaper website

Activities

To provide a weekly talking newspaper and a monthly talking magazine service on USB microstick.web site and internet radio, to app 300 blind or partially sighted in the West Shropshire area. Our newspaper and magazine last up to 90 miniutes

Objects: To Relieve Visually Impaired Persons As Defined By The Copyright (Visually Impaired Person) Act 2002 And To Those Persons Affected By Some Other Incapacity Or Disability That Makes Reading A Strain Or Impossibility, By The Provision Of Recorded News And Information.(for Further Details See Clause 2 Of Constitution

Classification

How
Provides Services
What
Disability
Who
People With Disabilities

Geography

Area of benefit
Shropshire
Local Authority
Shropshire

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2025 June 8, 2026On time £1,989 £8,719
Dec. 31, 2024 May 25, 2025On time £3,949 £10,065
Dec. 31, 2023 June 28, 2024On time £4,748 £9,667
Dec. 31, 2022 May 23, 2023On time £7,474 £9,239
Dec. 31, 2021 May 17, 2022On time £5,634 £8,242
Dec. 31, 2020 May 25, 2021 £4,383 £9,530