Our Service
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is provided free of charge by teams of volunteers
working from two recording centres across the city.
Our listeners receive a weekly English language C90 cassette with 45 minutes of news selected from local newspapers, and a 45 minute magazine with a wide range of longer items of general interest, including occasional interviews.
Within the UK, cassettes are delivered free as first class mail under the Royal Mail’s ‘Articles for the Blind’ concession. Listeners have up to a week to listen to the cassette before returning it in the pouch supplied. An international ‘Articles for the Blind’ service is also available.
Three news editions (North, Central and South) are produced, reflecting events around the city: a magazine edition is featured on the reverse of each tape, and a separate monthly cassette of readings by a local drama group is available to complete our output.
At the end of the news recording sessions, cassettes are duplicated on high-speed copiers: in all, we despatch some 600 tapes each week.
The titles we read from include the Birmingham Post, Birmingham Evening Mail, Sunday Mercury, Forward, and Birmingham News. Our North edition also sources from Sutton Coldfield News, Sutton Observer, Sutton on Sunday and The Sunday.
The
service is
open to anyone
with an
impairment
making normal reading
techniques impracticable.
Our service is funded entirely through the generosity of donors and legators. The Honorary Treasurer will be pleased to provide details of ways in which you can support our work.
Please contact: Mr C. Cameron-Baker,
9 Linnet Close, Bournville, Birmingham,
West Midlands, B30 1XB, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)121 472 2701
Data Protection Act, 1998:
BTNA may hold names, addresses and
contact telephone numbers for listeners, volunteers, supporters and associated
services in computerised and/or written formats. This information is used solely
for the delivery of our service to listeners - we do not release details to
other individuals or organisations. Data relating to an individual or
organisation is removed when they cease to be involved in the service.
Under these circumstances, we claim an exemption from notification to the
Information Commissioner, as applying to "not for profit" organisations.
Anyone who believes they may be a data subject of the Association is welcome to
contact the Hon. Secretary for further information, and we will supply, on
request, a copy of any such data held in their respect.