You are warmly invited to join us for our Sandwell Talking News Annual General Meeting via Zoom on Monday 29 March from 2.30pm to 4.30 pm. As well as conducting the formal business section of the meeting, we will be having a guest speaker and will hear from some of the friendly voices you listen …
A tasty new option for our members
SVI members have a tasty new option on their Zoom menu. An exciting new Indian cookery class has just started up, specially designed to cater for people with varying degrees of sight loss. Our members are learning new skills, not least the secret to perfect, fluffy basmati rice, cooked either in a …
A festive greeting from our Board of Trustees
As we approach the festive break, we send you our best wishes and season’s greetings. Well what a difficult year we have had, and we are certain it wasn’t at all what any of us wanted. We’ve lived through sad and troubling times, but we have also made new friends and found out just how kind …
Sandwell TN 19 December 2020…and our Christmas Extra edition
This Christmas we thought we needed a bit of extra sparkle. So we're pleased to bring you our usual weekly round-up of news along with some Christmas special extras courtesy of our volunteer readers and other kind contributors. We hope you enjoy it. Merry Christmas from all at Sandwell Talking …
E-scooter trial in West Bromwich
E-scooter trials started in West Bromwich on 8 December. The scheme is operated by VOI and approved by Sandwell Council. They invited SVI Chair Tony Averis and Development Worker Sandra Troth to the Town Hall to view the new e-scooter. SVI is now in discussion with VOI, who are keen to make …
