About our charity...

 

 

The East Surrey Talking Newspaper was founded in 1977 to serve the residents of Reigate & Banstead in Surrey. Our Newspaper was created by Michael Finch, who was then a local Radio and Television shop proprietor. His inspiration came from a talk to the Reigate Rotary Club during the year in which he was their President. He is still our very active Chairman

 

Every two weeks our editor selects items from local newspapers, principally the Surrey Mirror. In our studio four readers read out the selected items, and our recordist produces a master tape.

 

 

Our team of volunteers copy the master tape so that there are enough tapes for each of our recipients. The tapes are enclosed in bright yellow pouches, and these are then taken to the local Post Office for dispatch. They deliver the tapes at no cost to our Charity or our recipients.

 

 

Recipients return their tapes in the pouches at the end of the week in good time to be delivered back to the studio ready for rerecording. 

 

The whole organisation is staffed by volunteers.