There are a number of ways to access the talking books, newspapers and magazines that are designed to help meet your reading needs.
Greenwich library services
Greenwich library has a selection of books on cassette and CD, as well as large print books.
The Council's home library service is able to deliver books to people who cannot travel to their nearest library without assistance.
Greenwich Talking Newspaper
This newspaper is a digest of news reports and letters taken from local newspapers in Greenwich. It is free of charge and comes once a week as a 90-minute audiocassette tape.
For more information about the Greenwich Talking Newspaper, please ring the phone-in service on:
Monday or Tuesday
between 10am and 11:30am
Tel: 020 8858 7603
or write to the Listeners' Secretary at:
39 Southend Crescent
Eltham
London SE9 2SD
Use the details on the right to contact the Council's Community Sensory Services team if you'd like them to contact Greenwich Talking Newspapers on your behalf. London Sounds
London Sounds is a radio-style audio magazine recorded monthly.
Each 90-minute audiotape features original information, articles and interviews covering topical issues of special interest to the visually impaired community and subjects of general interest.
For more information, please email Mark Lewis Lloyd at mark@actiontrustforblind.org or call London Sounds on 020 8563 2922.
Talking Newspaper Association UK (TNAUK)
For a subscription fee, TNAUK provides a range of newspapers and magazines on tape, so that people who cannot see to read can still enjoy their favourite magazines and newspapers.
Use the Talking Newspapers link under Useful Links to the right for more.
Tel: 01435 866102
Email: info@tnauk.org.uk
Big print
Big print is a large-print weekly newspaper produced by the RNIB. It has:
- national and world news and feature pages
- sports coverage
- the Big Print crossword
- a popular weekly TV and radio listings supplement.
The RNIB will send you a free sample issue. You can get your free issue by contacting Big Print on:
Tel: 0800 12 40 07
Email bigprint@rnib.org.uk.
You'll need to give your name, postal address, postcode and phone number.
Use the Big Print Newspaper link under Useful Links to the right for more.
RNIB talking books service
The RNIB talking book service is a library of professionally recorded audio books, delivered through the post to your door. The service has more than 10,000 titles.
The Talking books link on the right will take you to more information.
The Council is able to pay the subscription for people who are on the Council's register of blind and partially sighted people.