Argyll Talking Newspapers serves up coffee and chat
Argyll Talking Newspapers lived up to its name with plenty of chatter at its fundraising lunch on Saturday October 20.
The Baptist Church hall in Lochgilphead fairly rang to the sound of enthusiastic chat and laughter.
Attracted by the sound of the pipes, played at the door by Mid Argyll Pipe Band pipers Ruarridh Logan, Camron MacPhail and Donal Bremner, customers arrived to enjoy soup, sandwiches, cakes and coffee, as well as a good old blether.
Argyll Talking Newspapers is a charity which provides recorded local newspapers for people who are blind or visually impaired and for those who may find it difficult to read their newspaper for any permanent or temporary reason.
Subscribers are provided free of charge with an easy to use digital playback box to listen to their local news. The news is delivered on a free USB stick ready to play; all they have to do is sit back and listen.
The 120 people currently on the list of recipients can chose to listen to news from The Buteman, Dunoon Observer, Ileach, Argyllshire Advertiser, Campbeltown Courier and The Oban Times.
Argyll Talking Newspapers has clients all over Argyll and Bute and as far afield as Thurso, Paisley and Stockport.
The service is provided by volunteers and is funded mainly by donations from clients and their families. A video showing the team at work and an interview with a client is available at argylltalkingnewspapers.org.uk
More information is available at facebook. com/argylltalkingpapers