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We have been selected by Heart of Bucks as one of 10 charities in Bucks to be part of their Give Local Campaign in which they will matchfund any donations we receive until 22nd November up to £5,000. So any donation you make will be worth double its value to us!
Your donations help to secure the future of our free service to the visually impaired, so please give generously.
Please go follow this link to the Donate page'
Success at Bucks Vision Event
South Bucks Talking News exhibited at the Bucks Vision Equipment and Information Day at Chalfont St Peter on 23rd September and signed up 7 new listeners for our service.
This is a record for numbers of new listeners for any event we have attended over the past 3 years! So BIG THANKS to Bucks Vision for organising the event and inviting us.
Talking News has been out and about this summer!
South Bucks Talking News has been out and about this summer creating wider awareness of our charity and what we do amongst the residents of south Buckinghamshire, with our new Gazebo kindly funded by the Kop Hill Climb charity. Her are a few pics of our prence at the Marlow Regatta, Princes Risborough Summer Fayre and Hazlemere Fete.
Meeting Mary Berry and Pippa Kirkbride, the High Sherriff of Buckinghamshire
South Bucks Talking News participated in this year’s Golden Years event in Bourne End which was organised by BOPAG (Bucks Old People’s Action Group) and Heart of Bucks. It was very successful event with over 300 attendees and 35+ local charities and community organisations focused on supporting the elderly exhibiting.
The event was opened by the popular TV chef and baker Mary Berry and also graced by the presence of the High Sherriff of Buckinghamshire, Pippa Kirkbride, dressed in her official regalia.
The Office of High Sheriff is an independent non-political Royal appointment for a single year. The origins of the Office date back to Saxon times. Today their role is "to uphold and lend active support to the principal organs of the Constitution – the Royal Family, the Judiciary, the Police, the Prison Services and other law enforcement agencies, the emergency services, local authorities, and all recognised church and faith groups."
SBTN Committee Members Tony Bull, Ray Isted and Alison Wray represented our charity and were able to show both Mary and Pippa how the talking newspaper helps the print-disabled community in southern Buckinghamshire to keep in touch with what is happening in their local communities. They were both very impressed with our service and thanked us and all our volunteers for what we do to support our disadvantaged listeners.
