STAN is grateful for the financial contributions made by individuals and organisations that allow us to continue to provide the Swindon Talking News free of charge to visually impaired, blind or print disabled people. It costs £2,500 a year to provide this service and it is entirely run by volunteers.
Any donation is very welcome. Should you wish to transfer a donation to our bank, these are the details:
Barclays Bank, Account No: 70868787, Sort Code: 20-84-58
If you prefer to send a cheque, please make it payable to: Swindon & District Talking Newspaper and send it to us at Craven House, 145 Victoria Road, Swindon, SN1 3 BU.
If you are a UK tax payer, you may gift aid your donation. For every £ donated our organisation receives an extra 25p, which makes a huge difference to our funds. Please contact us to complete a Gift Aid declaration confirming you are a UK tax payer, so that we can claim the gift aid from HMRC.
This is an easy way to make your donation by clicking on the link:
https://www.justgiving.com/charity/theswindondistricttalkingnews
Donate NowAny donation, however small, will be used to continue this vital service to our local community. Some have said they see it as "a life-line" to keeping in touch with what's going on and accessing other services they can use, to enhance their lives and help them remain as independent as possible.
This will purchase one USB memory stick with a wallet for a Listener.
This will pay for four USB memory sticks for four Listeners.
This will buy one "Boom Box" - the piece of equipment which is sent out to a Listener to enable them to play the USB sticks which are sent regularly to them.
The Boom Box for a new Listener and the USB memory stick
There are a variety of interesting roles to be done, and volunteers bring a wide range of skills to the organisation. Some volunteers are in full time employment, others are retired and the mix is useful to cover production sessions. It is important to us to have the right person in the right role, either in front of the microphone or behind the scenes. Reliability and commitment are essential amongst all volunteers.
