Listen Now
Our Objective:
“to relieve the blind, or visually impaired, or those labouring
under some temporary or permanent incapacity or disability
which makes reading a strain, by the provision of audio material.“
Our charity was formed in 1985 and since then we have produced a weekly talking newspaper for the blind and visually impaired who have an interest in North Norfolk. We are all volunteers and get together every week to record, copy and dispatch memory sticks from our studio in Aylsham.
The Archant Group has generously allowed us to edit and reproduce their weekly newspaper, The North Norfolk News. The Royal Mail kindly send out and return the memory sticks for free.
Our listeners are provided with appropriate audio equipment funded by the Charity – there are no subscriptions involved. Our listener liaison officer will visit and demonstrate how to use the memory stick player and is on hand to help resolve any problems.
Thoughts on Vision Loss
Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.
(Stevie Wonder)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
Blindness isn’t synonymous with helplessness.
(Rhianna Lynn Martin)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
Not all forms of vision impairment come with a guide dog and a white stick.
(Sarah Coates)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
There are more than two million people living with sight loss in the UK. And it's expected that this figure will increase dramatically in the future – doubling to almost four million by 2050.
(Office for National Statistics 2015)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.
(Helen Keller)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
I’ve learned more through the hard time
than when things for me went right.
I’ve learned more through the blindness
than the days that I had sight.
(David Steele)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
Sight is a spectrum and what it 'looks' like differs from person to person. Two people with the same eye condition will likely have different experiences.
(Anon)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
Just because you are blind and unable to see beauty doesn't mean it does not exist.
(Margaret Cho)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
A blind person who sees is better than a seeing person who is blind.
(Iranian proverb)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
(Helen Keller)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
The news headlines on the radio don't provide the depth you get in a newspaper. Talking newspapers put the filling in the sandwich.
(Chris James)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
(Mark Twain)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
My blindness doesn't define my life.
(Andrea Bocelli)
Thoughts on Vision Loss
I like to be judged by my abilities and not my disability.
(Pauline Wade)
