Who We Are
The Ellesmere and Neston Talking Newspaper is run by an entirely voluntary group of people. Prior to the COVID pandemic, up to 24 volunteers used to meet
each Thursday evening to help produce the week's edition of our talking newspaper. However during the lockdown we had to adapt and learn a whole new
set of skills in order to allow us to produce the Newspaper's weekly editions from the safety of our homes.
Since lockdown has lifted we've kept this
streamlined approach and now a team of 14 volunteers work together to provide this free weekly audio service. Each week we collate the local news in
addition to a collection of stories as well as items of interest we think our listeners would enjoy, some of which include articles from the
Talking Newspaper Federation.
Why not volunteer with us?
We are always happy to welcome as volunteers those who wish to give their skills for the benefit of our listeners. There are more roles than you might think in the production of our Talking Newspaper!
We currently need people who can help with:
- Editing and introducing editions of the weekly newspaper
- Editing and introducing editions of the weekly magazine
- Reading and recording news items from prepared scripts
- Reading and recording items for our online audio magazine library
- Technical tasks