Trustees Report 2017- 18 Coleraine & Distriet Talking News Charity No: 103499 Introduction The Colerainc & District Talking News is based in the RNtB Centre in Abbey Street. Coleraine. For 41 years we have been providing a free audio service to those in our ommunity who have a range of visual impaim]¢nts. This year we have once again produced on CD 49 w¢¢kly 80-minute audio programmes of local community news, useful inforniation on disabilities, it¢ms of historical interest, humour and music. We aim, in th¢ best tradition of public setvice, to entertain and infomi. Current listenership...........130 This figure fluctuates annually and throughout the year due to bereavements, relocation etc Committee......................... Volunteers.................21 Frequency.................weekly Trusteey Barry Williamson (Chairperson) Mary Ellard (Treasurer) Julie Russell Maur¢¢n McLean John Cunning Shannan Wilson (Secretary) Stan Lightowler MBE Elainc Lynch David T¢ett Honorary Prejident David Barn¢s Core Activity I Public Benefit The purpose of our charity is to support blind or partially sighted people and those living with some temporary or pemiancnt incapacity or disability which makes reading a strain. by the provision of news and other invonnation via audio recordings or digital transmissions together with the discretionary provision of equipment considered necessary to use such transcriptions. We continu¢ lo fulfil our key purFK>Se as slated above. This work has contributed directly to our listeners. ability lo take part more fully in local acttvities and to keep them infomed of events relevant to them. thus provith'ng a social outlet to those who might otherwise be isolat¢d from iheir local community. Libraries Nl duplicates from our master CD and, using the free servtce provided by Royal Mail, sends out individual CDS to each listener on a weekly basis. Our sincere thanks go to both th¢se organisatlons for their invaluable help and ¢ontinued commitment. Finanees It is important to recogmise that. while our expenditure is reasonably sLqble. our income is totally dependent on the flow of grants and gifts. The committee continu¢ lo research and pursue a variety of funding sourc¢s and we are happy to report that this year we surpassed our goal of covering our core expenses. ending the year Wlth an operating profit of £1434. This was a welcome improvement on last year wh¢n we had an operating loss of £9. Equipment We maintain a supply of CDS with Libraries Nl in Ballymena and will be purchasing a new supply in the coming year. We encountered no technical problems this year and continue to monitor this imwrtant aspect of our work.
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