Maidenhead & District Talking Newspaper News

Maidenhead TN Nominated for Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

We are delighted that the Association has been nominated for the 2009 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. The certificate was presented at a ceremony at the Windsor Guild Hall by the Hon. Mary Bayliss, Lord Lieutenent of Berkshire on March 16th. Also present was the Mayor of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Cllr. Dorothy Kemp, who put the Talking Newspaper forward for nomination. We were one of six charities from Berkshire which will be considered for the national award.
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Maidenhead TN now available on Sonata Internet Radio

We are pleased to announce that the Maidenhead and District Talking Newspaper is now available on Sonata Internet Radio which is run by the British Wireless for the Blind Fund. The equipment, formerly known as the Orion Webbox, allows listeners to receive a selection of talking newspapers, magazines and books using a voiced menu system. The latest recording will be linked in via the "latest.m3u" playlist file on this site. The podcast itself remains on the Maidenhead Advertiser site.
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