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Registered Charity providing free audio news for the visually impaired and those with difficulty reading print living on the Cotswold Edge or in the Severn Vale.

19/12/2025

Merry Christmas from the Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper. Just to let you all know that we are taking a break, and will be back in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, and to see you through until the new year, the latest Kaleidoscope magazine is now available online at CVTN.org.uk and as an extra USB stick arriving in the post, along with the regular weekly round up of the latest news from local newspapers and other sources. Packed with articles and items recorded by our volunteers, Kaleidoscope is a welcome additional resource for all of our loyal and devoted listeners.

The Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper is a wonderful FREE resource for people with impaired vision and anyone who has difficulty accessing and reading print. Includes news from Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, with stories from Dursley, Cam, Wotton-under-Edge, Berkeley, Yate, and other towns and villages across the Cotswold Vale Region.

The FREE USB stick sent out by post each week works with a special 'Sound Box' which we loan for FREE. To receive a memory stick call 07538 424354. Be prepared to leave a message.

12/12/2025

Latest FREE edition (12th December 2025) featuring content from local newspapers or other sources, available online at cvtn.org.uk where you can also find out more about the Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper.

Alternatively listen on a FREE USB stick sent out by post each week. This works with a special 'Sound Box' which we loan for FREE. To receive a memory stick call 07538 424354. Be prepared to leave a message.

The Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper is a wonderful FREE resource for people with impaired vision and anyone who has difficulty accessing and reading print. Includes news from Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, with stories from Dursley, Cam, Wotton-under-Edge, Berkeley, Yate, Thornbury, and other towns and villages across the Cotswold Vale Region.

05/12/2025

Latest FREE edition (5th December 2025) featuring content from local newspapers or other sources, available online at cvtn.org.uk where you can also find out more about the Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper.

Alternatively listen on a FREE USB stick sent out by post each week. This works with a special 'Sound Box' which we loan for FREE. To receive a memory stick call 07538 424354. Be prepared to leave a message.

The Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper is a wonderful FREE resource for people with impaired vision and anyone who has difficulty accessing and reading print. Includes news from Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, with stories from Dursley, Cam, Wotton-under-Edge, Berkeley, Yate, Thornbury, and other towns and villages across the Cotswold Vale Region.

03/12/2025

Struggling for ideas for a Christmas gift for a loved one this year? If you have a relative, acquaintance or someone you know who has visual impairment and who is struggling to read newspapers and magazines, why not sign them up for the Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper?

The Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper is a FREE resource that is available online for anyone to use. Packed with stories sourced from local newspapers, magazines and online news sites, and recorded and delivered by our volunteer readers, the Talking Newspaper is a weekly friendly and familiar way to keep in touch with what is happening locally.

To access the Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper just go to CVTN.org.uk on your phone, tablet or laptop and click on ‘Listen’. Alternatively listen on a FREE USB stick sent out by post each week. This works with a special 'Sound Box' which we loan for FREE. To receive a memory stick call 07538 424354. Be prepared to leave a message.

28/11/2025

Latest FREE edition (28th November 2025) featuring content from local newspapers or other sources, available online at cvtn.org.uk where you can also find out more about the Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper.

Alternatively listen on a FREE USB stick sent out by post each week. This works with a special 'Sound Box' which we loan for FREE. To receive a memory stick call 07538 424354. Be prepared to leave a message.

The Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper is a wonderful FREE resource for people with impaired vision and anyone who has difficulty accessing and reading print. Includes news from Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, with stories from Dursley, Cam, Wotton-under-Edge, Berkeley, Yate, Thornbury, and other towns and villages across the Cotswold Vale Region.

24/11/2025

Did you know that around 320,000 people are registered as Sight Impaired or Severely Sight Impaired?*

This subgroup of the two million people who live with sight loss in the UK has received a Certification of Vision Impairment (CVI). Eligibility is complex, but typically requires someone to be unable to read the top letter on an eye chart.

The Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper (CVTN) is a FREE resource for people with impaired vision and anyone who has difficulty accessing and reading print. It includes news from Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, with stories from Dursley, Cam, Wotton-under-Edge, Berkeley, Yate, Thornbury, and other towns and villages across the Cotswold Vale Region and is available weekly online, or on a FREE USB stick sent out by post each week. This works with a special 'Sound Box' which we loan for FREE. To receive a memory stick call 07538 424354.

*www.rnib.org.uk/professionals/research-and-data/key-information-and-statistics-on-sight-loss-in-the-uk

21/11/2025

Latest FREE edition (21st November 2025) featuring content from local newspapers or other sources, available online at cvtn.org.uk where you can also find out more about the Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper.

Alternatively listen on a FREE USB stick sent out by post each week. This works with a special 'Sound Box' which we loan for FREE. To receive a memory stick call 07538 424354. Be prepared to leave a message.

The Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper is a wonderful FREE resource for people with impaired vision and anyone who has difficulty accessing and reading print. Includes news from Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, with stories from Dursley, Cam, Wotton-under-Edge, Berkeley, Yate, Thornbury, and other towns and villages across the Cotswold Vale Region.

20/11/2025

Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper attended the Sheltered Living Connections event today at Sherborne House in Stonehouse. Organised by Katherine Allen, Community Hub Facilitator at Stroud District Council, the event brought together community groups and charities responsible for supporting local people who are vulnerable and living alone. It was a great chance to meet up with other groups, share ideas and answer questions about the fantastic service that CVTN provides. Pictured is Jane one our volunteers alongside David from Five Valleys Stroud

14/11/2025

Latest FREE edition (14th November 2025) featuring content from local newspapers or other sources, available online at cvtn.org.uk where you can also find out more about the Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper.

This week we have a couple of articles describing the various remembrance events across the region, and reminding us that it is it is now less than six weeks until christmas (oh yes it is) some content highlighting the various activities that you can enjoy, in the run up to the festive day. Plenty more in that vein I am sure over the coming weeks

Alternatively listen on a FREE USB stick sent out by post each week. This works with a special 'Sound Box' which we loan for FREE. To receive a memory stick call 07538 424354. Be prepared to leave a message.

The Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper is a wonderful FREE resource for people with impaired vision and anyone who has difficulty accessing and reading print. Includes news from Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, with stories from Dursley, Cam, Wotton-under-Edge, Berkeley, Yate, Thornbury, and other towns and villages across the Cotswold Vale Region.

11/11/2025

Did you know that every day 250 people start to lose their sight in the UK?*

This is equivalent to one person every six minutes. This statistic includes sight loss as a result of age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, and some of the other causes of permanent and irreversible sight loss in the UK. Many more people will start to live with sight loss as a result of uncorrected refractive error and cataract.

The Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper (CVTN) is a FREE resource for people with impaired vision and anyone who has difficulty accessing and reading print. It includes news from Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, with stories from Dursley, Cam, Wotton-under-Edge, Berkeley, Yate, Thornbury, and other towns and villages across the Cotswold Vale Region and is available weekly online, or on a FREE USB stick sent out by post each week. This works with a special 'Sound Box' which we loan for FREE. To receive a memory stick call 07538 424354.

*Deloitte Access Economics (2017). Incidence and risk of sight loss and blindness in the UK. RNIB.

09/11/2025

Latest FREE edition (7th November 2025) featuring content from local newspapers or other sources, available online at cvtn.org.uk where you can also find out more about the Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper.

Alternatively listen on a FREE USB stick sent out by post each week. This works with a special 'Sound Box' which we loan for FREE. To receive a memory stick call 07538 424354. Be prepared to leave a message.

The Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper is a wonderful FREE resource for people with impaired vision and anyone who has difficulty accessing and reading print. Includes news from Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, with stories from Dursley, Cam, Wotton-under-Edge, Berkeley, Yate, Thornbury, and other towns and villages across the Cotswold Vale Region.

04/11/2025

Did you know that there are more than two million people are living with sight loss in the UK?*

This level of sight loss is severe enough to have a significant impact on their daily lives. On top of this, there are also many people with an eye condition who are at risk of developing sight loss in the future. It is predicted that by 2050 the number of people with sight loss in the UK will double to over four million.

The Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper (CVTN) is a FREE resource for people with impaired vision and anyone who has difficulty accessing and reading print. It includes news from Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, with stories from Dursley, Cam, Wotton-under-Edge, Berkeley, Yate, Thornbury, and other towns and villages across the Cotswold Vale Region and is available weekly online, or on a FREE USB stick sent out by post each week. This works with a special 'Sound Box' which we loan for FREE. To receive a memory stick call 07538 424354.

*www.rnib.org.uk/professionals/research-and-data/key-information-and-statistics-on-sight-loss-in-the-uk

Address

Kingshill House, Kingshill Lane
Dursley
GL114BZ

Telephone

+441453549133

Website

http://cvtn.org.uk/

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