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Talking Newspaper

 

If you are visually impaired and would like access to local information, the Barking and Dagenham Talking Newspaper can help.

 

Barking and Dagenham Talking Newspaper provide a free service to visually impaired people. It records on cassette tape, extracts from local newspapers and The News as well as publishing its own magazine, Beacon, every 6 weeks. It then delivers the tapes to clients.

 

There is no cost for this service. Postage is free to registered blind. All clients are required to do is to return the tapes, by Freepost, in the wallets provided.

 

For further information about the Barking and Dagenham Talking Newspaper, please call 020 8595 5522 (Wednesdays, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, and Thursdays, 9am - 10am).

 

Barking and Dagenham Talking Newspaper is funded by voluntary contributions. If you would like to offer support, either financially or as a volunteer, then please get in touch.

 

Barking and Dagenham Talking Newspaper

Room 77

St George's Centre

St George's Road

Dagenham

RM9 5AJ

Tel: 020 8595 5522

Email: bdtn@hotmail.co.uk|

 

 

 

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