Further information on all the following services is available from our Mappin Street Centre.
We act as agents for RNIB Talking Book Service in the Sheffield area. This service is currently funded by Sheffield Council which pays for the hire of the machine plus membership of the library for anybody who is registered blind or partially sighted. The service is also available to people who are not registered as blind or partially sighted for a fee of £57 per year. We arrange for delivery of the machine plus a demonstration of how to use it. In addition if machines are faulty we will collect the machine, repair it and return it to the user, whenever possible providing a loan machine whilst the original is being repaired.
We act as agents for British Wireless for the Blind Fund and subject to certain criteria regarding need we can supply on free loan a radio/cassette/CD player to anybody registered as blind or partially sighted. See our Links page for the British Wireless for the Blind Fund website.
Sheffield Talking News
This is a separate charitable organisation which uses our Darnall Centre to record and distribute a weekly newspaper and monthly magazine on audio cassette. Membership costs are FREE
For organisations that require documents putting onto audio tape, Sheffield Talking News can provide this service. They currently undertake work for numerous organisations both local and national and have experienced readers available plus tape duplication facilities.
Further information regarding Sheffield Talking News is available by telephone on 0114 2423088
We have a growing library of books on audio cassette which we keep at our Mappin Street Centre. These books are available on free loan currently to people callling in to Mappin Street but we hope to expand this to a postal service in the near future.
We can arrange for documents to be translated into Braille for any person, business or organisation. Rates vary depending upon the volume and complexity of the work. Please contact our Mappin Street Centre for further information.
We have a machine that can convert printed maps/plans into a tactile version with raised lines. Rates vary depending upon the volume and complexity of the work. Please contact our Mappin Street Centre for further information.
Supporting Blind & Partially Sighted People in Sheffield”
5 Mappin Street
Sheffield S1 4DT
Registered Charity Number 1047257
Telephone: 0114 2722757
E-mail: info@srsb.org.uk
Websites: www.srsb.org.uk
Page last checked on 05/01/2010.
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