Dear Editor: We keep the blind and partially sighted community in Bath by bringing local news to them for over twenty years. Until now this friendly audio magazine has not been available online, but this has recently changed with the creation of an easily accessible website.
To listen to Month in Bath online, just search monthinbath as all one word and The Month in Bath Talking Magazine will come up. Volunteers provide local news and information, but also contribute recipes, gardening tips and local sports news. Interviews, stories and poetry sometimes feature.
You can also contact us through the new site at https://www.monthinbath.org/.
Previously listeners had to sign up to have a memory stick sent to them once a month with the current edition recorded on it. The memory stick is played back with a small speaker unit that is provided. This free service is still available.
There are over 300 local groups in the UK providing free weekly or monthly audio recordings for the blind and partially sighted community, or those who have difficulty accessing the printed word.
Ronald Sturt, a senior librarian in Aberystwyth, started the Talking Newspaper movement in the UK in 1968, after witnessing a similar service in Sweden. The first recorded ‘newspaper’ was produced in January 1970 with support from the local Round Table.
Month in Bath continues this long tradition. Maybe give it a listen?
Tom Browne
Month in Bath Talking Magazine
Bath Voice and Local Democracy Reporters
The journalists are funded by the BBC as part of its latest Charter commitment, but are employed by regional news organisations. A total of 165 reporters are allocated to news organisations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland including Bath Voice. These organisations range from television and radio stations to online media companies and established regional newspaper groups. Local Democracy Reporters cover top-tier local authorities, second-tier local authorities and other public service organisations.
Bath Voice Monthly Newspaper is distributed free to thousands of homes and some supermarkets – distributed from the first of the month. Harry Mottram is the News Editor
Email him at news@bathvoice.co.uk Bath website: https://bathvoice.co.uk/news/
Bath Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/bdtf2kep Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bath_voice And Bluesky @bathvoicenews.bsky.social And also on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/harrymottram6/
Harry Mottram is a freelance journalist has his own website with more stories on a variety of subjects at https://www.harrymottram.co.uk/ and has a strong social media presence – check out his work.
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