About
Chatterbox is a charity that provides audio publications for blind and visually impaired people in Norwich. Our publications use items from local newspapers, magazines, and recorded interviews with ...
Wallet Sorter & Checker
Contact person
Scan me or visit www.getinvolvednorfolk.org.uk/o/Chatterbox-Norwich-Talking-Newspaper/opportunities/Wallet-Sorter--Checker/96419 to join
Detailed description
Chatterbox produces a talking newspaper every week for blind and partially sighted people, based on stories from the Norwich Evening News. The charity’s main aim is to produce the talking newspaper for approximately 400 listeners in Norfolk on USB sticks, podcasts and on Alexa. Other Archant publications (Norfolk Magazine and Let’s Talk) are produced less frequently as is the in-house publication Chataround. Chatterbox has a recording studio in Kings Street in Norwich.
Each of the four Chatterbox teams has two or three wallet sorters/checkers. They open the returned wallets from the listeners and ensure that there is one wallet ready for every listener for the checkers to use later in the day to send them back out again. They also update the listeners’ register so that Chatterbox knows who has, or has not, returned their USB memory sticks. It is not a demanding role but very important. Full training will be given.
The role is every 4th Thursday morning (10am to noon).
Chatterbox is a very worthwhile charity to be involved by bringing the news to people often isolated in their homes. It is run solely by volunteers.
About Chatterbox Norwich Talking Newspaper
The service is entirely free and includes postage and loan equipment. Chatterbox is a registered charity, staffed by a 100% volunteer workforce, and funded through local fundraising and donations. Chatterbox also produces low-cost studio recordings for local authorities and commercial organisations.