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The Wyre Forest Talking Newspaper Association

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
509869
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed June 24, 2026. Filing history
Registered
April 3, 1980
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
52 Bewdley Road North
Stourport-On-Severn
DY13 8PS

Activities

Wyre Forest Talking Newspaper provides weekly audio tapes of extracts from local newspapers in the Wyre Forest area of Worcestershire (Kidderminster, Stourport,Bewdley). This service is for blind and visually impaired people of the area. It is also for people for whom handling a traditional newspaper is difficult/impossible by reason of some other disability. The service is provided by volunteers

Objects: To Relieve The Blind Or Partially Blind Or Those Labouring Under Some Temporary Or Permanent Incapacity Or Disability Which Makes Reading A Strain By Provision Of Recorded Tapes And Cassette Tape Recorders On Loan Or Ohterwise As May Be Determined By The Committee If Sufficient Fnds Are Availabel For The Purchase By The Association After The Needs Of Producing The Recorded Tapes Have Been Met. For Further Details See Constitution.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Disability
Who
People With Disabilities

Geography

Local Authority
Worcestershire

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Aug. 31, 2025 June 24, 2026On time £3,586 £3,243
Aug. 31, 2024 Dec. 7, 2024On time £4,183 £3,432
Aug. 31, 2023 Nov. 20, 2023On time £12,580 £4,962
Aug. 31, 2022 Dec. 21, 2022On time £4,166 £4,292
Aug. 31, 2021 Nov. 24, 2021On time £2,396 £3,327
Aug. 31, 2020 Nov. 6, 2020 £3,327 £4,388

Trustees

Name Appointed
Christopher John Tallents
Ian Latimer Oct. 4, 2025
Peter Hodges Oct. 7, 2017