THE LONG EATON AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER

Registered charity 1213061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the CIO are:-To relieve the blind, or visually impaired, or those labouring under some temporary or permanent incapacity or disability which makes reading either a strain or impossible, in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire and surrounding areas, by the provision of recorded material and the equipment with which to listen.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE BLIND, OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED, OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING EITHER A STRAIN OR IMPOSSIBLE, IN DERBYSHIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED MATERIAL AND THE EQUIPMENT WITH WHICH TO LISTEN.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
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• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Bailey
• Antonia Jane Markwell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Philip Harvey
• Jackie-Lynn Bennett
• Jane Elizabeth Oseman
• Louise Wiseman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin Sykes · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Nottinghamshire