HISTORY OF MTN

The Morpeth Talking Newspaper had its beginnings in a local service project undertaken by Katey Rescigno as part of her Duke of Edinburgh Award while she was a student at King Edward VI School in Morpeth in December 1990.  The first edition of eight tapes was distributed to members of the Morpeth Area Partially Sighted group who greatly appreciated the initiative..........READ MORE

SUPPORT THE MORPETH TALKING NEWSPAPER-OR RECEIVE FREE EDITIONS 

The Morpeth Talking Newspaper is a charity and run entirely by volunteers. It functions because of funding from the National Lottery and kind donations from local organisations. If you or your organisation would like to make a financial contribution or register to receive a free regular memory stick recording of the Morpeth Herald please use the CONTACT MTN page of this website. Alternatively you can download the application form and post it back to the MTN Team........GET FORM

WHAT IS THE MORPETH TALKING NEWSPAPER?

The Talking Newspaper produces a fortnightly audio version of the Morpeth Herald for the previous two weeks. This is distributed to more than 30 sight impaired local residents by a team of volunteers. The Newspaper is recorded at the Greater Morpeth Development Trust offices at The Morpeth Railway Station. If you would like to receive regular audio files or know someone that would just use the contact us page and someone will contact you.
​The picture (right) shows a typical recording session in progress at Contact premises.
​TO TURN A NEWSPAPER INTO AN AUDIO FILE REQUIRES TWO GROUPS OF VOLUNTEERS :-​

THE READING GROUPS


  • Morpeth Rotary-A significant group which is part of the well known Rotary Organisation whose motto is "Service above Self"
  • Morpeth Methodists  The church is part of the South East Northumberland Ecumenical Area and the Newcastle District of the Methodist Church. We also have close links with the United Reformed Church in Morpeth
  • Mitford St Mary Magdalen Church
  • Morpeth Lions  A service organisation which raises money for local, national and international charities. Lions also provide practical help where requested for a wide range of good causes......SEE ALSO FACEBOOK
  • Morpeth and District U3A  Formed in 1995 and is part of a National (Northumbria Region) and International organisation. Membership has risen to well over 200 and we have more than 30 Activity/Interest Groups.
  • Kings Avenue and De Merley Group

THE TRUSTEES

Greg Penfold
MTN Manager

Frank Rescigno

Colin Coates

Simon Pringle

THE TECHNICIANS
COLIN COATES, FRANK RESCIGNO, LAWRIE LITTLE, RICHARD ROBERTS AND PETER OZERS
​If you would like to be a technician, and we could do with a few more, just use the contact page to let us know!

Frank Rescigno

Richard Roberts

Lawrie Little

Peter Ozers

Colin Coates

OUR SPONSORS

Morpeth Talking Newspaper is run on an entirely volunteer basis. This valuable service to the partially sighted would not be at all possible without the generous support from local organisations-to them we are eternally grateful-CLICK PICTURES FOR MORE DETAILS

MORPETH LIONS

THE BIG LOTTERY FUND