Donations  – why donate?

Listening Books could not survive without the donations we receive from charitable trusts and individuals. We need to raise enough money each year to provide an essential service to approximately 7,000 members, all of whom have a print impairment, range in age from 6-100 and live throughout the UK. Your donation will go towards helping the widest range of people with varying disabilities including dyslexia, arthritis, cerebral palsy, ME, MS, glaucoma and autism to name just a few. Scroll down to find out how your money could be spent. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for considering donating to Listening Books.

Give As You Earn

Listening Books runs a 'Give As You Earn' scheme which means you can support our work each month directly from your earnings, with minimum disruption to you.

A legacy for Listening Books

Leaving a gift to Listening Books in your will could guarantee a lifeline for our members in the years to come. You may prefer to discuss the matter in the first instance with your solicitor. Your solicitor will be able to help you include a legacy to Listening Books in your will. He/she will need to know our registered charity number, which is 264221.

To make a donation, join our 'Give As You Earn' scheme or discuss a legacy, call 020 7407 9417, email donations@listening-books.org.uk, or donate here.

What your donation could buy

• £5 pays the daily expenses of one volunteer to come in and help at the charity.
• £50 pays for the true cost of one membership of our streaming service.
• £125 pays the true cost of one year's membership for an individual borrowing MP3 CDs.
• £164 pays for one month's secure off site storage for our masters.
• £15,000 pays for one average quarter's postage bill. More than three quarters of our members do not qualify for the 'Articles for the Blind' scheme, we must therefore pay the postage for them.