Cue and Review at BBC Radio Scotland (Nov 2005) BBC Radio Scotland?s Fred MacAulay and Hazel Irvine will be interviewing Alastair McPhee of Cue and Review - Print Speaking to the Blind on MacAulay and Co between 9.30 and 11 on Friday 11th November 2005

Awards for All Helps With Listener Appeal (Nov 2005) 44,000 registered blind people but just 200 of them getting The Herald Talking Newspaper, that is the dilemma being faced by the team at Cue and Review Print Speaking to the Blind.

What you have to do to get blind people to hear about your service. (Oct 2005) Having tried all the usual advertising routes Alastair McPhee decided that rather than banging his head of any more brick walls he would accept Alastair Alford?s invitation to talk about his heart attack on SAGA 105.2FM

TALKING NEWSPAPER AWARDED A NATIONAL LOTTERY BLUE PLAQUE (Sep 2005) Cue and Review Recording Service, East Dunbartonshire, had something extra to talk about this week when Jo Swinson MP, Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, presented the Bishopbriggs project with a National Lottery Blue Plaque, in recognition of its outstanding achievements since receiving Lottery funding

From Seedcorn to Flourishing Listeners (Aug 2005) Future Builders Scotland have awarded Cue and Review Print Speaking to the Blind a five thousand pounds Seedcorn grant that will enable the Glasgow based charity to provide a brand new CD duplicating service for visually impaired people

Liam Lends A Hand (Jul 2005) Lanarkshires 107 The Edge's Breakfast presenter Liam McCann popped into the Bishopbriggs studios of Cue and Review Recording Service to record this weeks? Radio Times with East Kilbrides Kevin Miles.

How would you like to be known as a Scrubber? (May 2005) Cue and Review Print Speaking to the Blind are looking for volunteers who can assist with the copying and erasing of tapes on Thursdays and possibly Fridays based at the Bishopbriggs offices of the talking magazine service for the blind,

Bellahouston Bequest Fund Awards Grant (Feb 2005) The Glasgow based trust fund has awarded a grant of one thousand pounds towards the purchase of furniture for the training/seminar room.

Have you ever dreamed of running your own radio station but never known how? (Oct 2004) With funding from BBC Children in Need, Cue and Review has been able to employ a Youth Development Worker, Kevin Miles. Read on to find out more about our latest young people's project.

Bank of Scotland Joins Social Investment Scotland To Fund Building Purchase (Sep 2004) Bank of Scotland and Social Investment Scotland provide six-figure funding to Cue and Review,Scotland's largest independently-funded talking newspaper group.

Cueing the Class of 2004 (Aug 2004) BBC Children in Need has recognised that Bishopbriggs needs a Youth Development Worker to help young people air their views on the internet.

Talking Newspaper Talks to Real Radio (Jul 2004) Karen McPhee (36) a volunteer from Bishopbriggs with Cue and Review Recording Service can this week (week beginning 19th July 2004) be heard urging listeners to Real Radio to sign up to the range of talking newspapers and magazines produced by the Bishopbriggs based charity.

Wanted Volunteer Directors (Jun 2004) The team of volunteers that record talking newspapers for the blind have vacancies for professional people of all ages to join the Board of Cue & Review Recording Service. The charity is presently trying to expand its work and is needing assistance.

Running to Record for the Blind (May 2004) Karen Hansen a volunteer presenter/sound technician with Cue and Review Recording Service will be running in the Britannic Womens 10K run starting and finishing at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow on Sunday 16th May 2004.

All Smiles As New Copiers Go Online (Apr 2004) Two of the fastcopying team at Cue and Review Recording Service were this week delighted to be able to try out the new fast copying facilities that have been funded by the Community Fund Scotland.

Voluntary Action Fund Recognises Volunteers (Apr 2004) Convenor of the Finance Group, Jim Campbell and his wife Betty joined other volunteers at the Fort Theatre Bishopbriggs tonight to mark the 21st Anniversary of Cue and Review Recording Service.

Guide Dogs No Charge (Apr 2004) It's now against the law for minicab firms to charge extra for their passengers' guide dogs.

Lucky Thirteenth - We Win the Lottery (Feb 2004) On the thirteenth attempt Cue And Review Recording Service is today able to announce that it has been awarded a grant of 48,165 pounds from the Community Fund.

Fundraising Push is On (Dec 2003) Will our charity be successful in the bids for funding from the Scottish Executive and the Community Fund? That is the question on the lips of the team of volunteers at Cue and Review Recording Service as they record the final editions of their talking newspaper titles for 2003.

Multi Platform Approach from Scotland's Premier Transctiption Service (Nov 2003) Congratulation to the RNIB on the launch of viponair.com their radio station for and by blind people.

Calling out from Scotland (Jul 2003) Rediscover your Scottish roots with Cue and Review. We offer a range of titles, available for download from our website spoken in soft Scottish accents. So even an ocean or two apart you can appreciate the magic of Scotland from the comfort of your own home.

Audio Help for Victims Of Bullying (Jul 2003) Vital information about bullying is now easily available to people with visual impairments.

Top Three in Scotland (Jul 2003) Scotlands premier transcription service Cue and Review is named as runner up in the E Business category of the inaugural Enterprising Scotland Awards 2003.

Weather Lottery Winners (Jul 2003) The sun is already starting to shine for supporters of Cue and Review thanks to the Great Weather Lottery.

Measuring Child Poverty in Audio (Jun 2003) Scotlands audio transcription service has successfully completed transcribing the Measuring Child Poverty consultation for the Department of Work and Pensions.

Win £10,000 - already we have small prize winners! (Jun 2003) With a deficit in the offing Cue and Review Recording Service - Print Speaking to the Blind badly needs your help to raise the money to keep the bailiffs from the door and to keep our talking newspapers free to visually impaired people. We are not however asking you to just donate money.

CALLING GLASGOW-BASED VISUALLY IMPAIRED COMMUNITY (Apr 2003) This summer/autumn will see the launch of BLINDSIGHT, a new Glasgow-based arts project by Untitled Projects.

Cabinet Minister in Audio (Apr 2003) Minister for Culture Media and Sport in the Scottish Cabinet, Mike Watson visited the Cue and Review Recording Service studio last week to record his election address for Glasgow visually impaired listeners.

First Minister Urged to Increase Access to Information (Mar 2003) Scottish transcription charity, Cue and Review Recording Service last week asked Jack McConnell to help them to reach out to Scotland's 88,000 visually impaired people. What is the point in spending public money on transcribing materials into audio formats if no one tells blind people that this has happened?

NTL Home Bring Broadband into Scottish Blind Charity (Mar 2003) NTL Home are delighted to pledge their support to Cue & Review. A charity that plays a vital role in helping the visually impaired community throughout the UK.

Clear Vision Sought for Sight Problems (Mar 2003) For too long the sight problems of people with learning difficulties have been neglected but next week a major confab of health agencies and organisations sets out to tackle the issue. Commercial Development Officer Colin Baird will be manning our stand for the two-day conference on the 18th and 19th March 2003.

Research Seminar on Sensory Impairment (Feb 2003) People with a Sensory Impairment, Professionals who work with those that have a sensory impairment and those who work in the field of Addictions are invited to attend a seminar that will present the results of two pieces of research that have recently been completed within the Greater Glasgow NHS Board area.

Talking up Council services for hard of seeing (Feb 2003) Over 700 visually impaired people (blind and partially sighted) in East Dunbartonshire are to get a new audio tape giving details of how to access general Council services and services specifically for people with sight problems.

Corporate Recordings Raise £13,000 towards Tape Service (Nov 2002) This has been a very busy year for our team. To date we have recorded 80 documents; (ranging from 5 minutes to 15 hours in length) copied, checked, labelled and packed just under 5000 tapes and it is still only November!

Website Wins Business Oscar (Nov 2002) Cue & Review Recording Service has been recognised by Scottish Enterprise Dunbartonshire as winner of its Innovation Business Oscar for 2002.

Pudsey Produces the Pounds (Oct 2002) Our Managing Editor Alastair McPhee is delighted that his first engagement since his enforced absence was to go along to BBC Scotland to receive the certificate marking BBC Children in Need's award of £12,000.

Fastcopier Appeal Banks a Donation (Oct 2002) £3,100 was handed over by Nicholas Dick of Lloyds TSB Scotland to Saira Reid, a volunteer, while she transcribed a young persons magazine into audio format for visually impaired people. Nicholas represented the grant making body Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland who made the award towards Cue and Review Recording Services goal of renewing the duplicating equipment that is so crucial to their charity.

Cash Boost for Local Charity (Sep 2002) Advanced online technologies have allowed national charity, Cue & Review Recording Service, to benefit from 21st century fundraising practices. The unique buy.at system enables small organisations with little or no technical expertise to join the online revolution and receive a significant cash boost.

Are you able to sell an idea? (Jul 2002) Could you telephone printers, graphic designers or corporate promotions experts and encourage them to produce their print materials in audio formats? With 1.7 million blind people in the United Kingdom alone, we need a volunteer, or group of volunteers, who can contact organisations on our behalf and encourage them to take a look at our new interactive website.

Yet More Audio from Cue and Review Recording Service (Jul 2002) History Today, More and Just Seventeen join the diverse range of titles being digitised for audio downloading by the Bishopbriggs studios of Cue and Review Recording Service.

Health Service needs your help (Jul 2002) Greater Glasgow NHS Board is currently conducting some research, with FMR Research, into the access to health services for sensory impaired people, to assist them in setting up drug, alcohol and other health services which meet their needs.

Volunteers receive training in maintenance of site (Jun 2002) Nine volunteers and staff members today received training from Adolos Consultancy in the maintenance of our new web site. The event was held at East Dunbartonshire's Enterprise House and covered: how to log into the site, editing stories, posting news articles on the site and accessibility issues.

Scotland's youngest Sunday celebrates 250th anniversary (Jun 2002) Born in 1998, the audio summary of the Sunday Herald has just celebrated its 250th weekly appearance. Reaching over 250 visually impaired listeners each week, along with its sister paper The Herald, the 90 minute summary is recorded by a dedicated team of volunteers.

4 Places Left in East Dunbartonshire Council Funded Youth Programme (Jun 2002) Young people from Bishopbriggs High School have recently participated in a series of recording sessions run by Crowhill Road based charity, Cue and Review Recording Service.

Council Education Convenor Told of the Continuing Partnership between local Schools and our Charity (Jun 2002) During a recent informal visit to our Bishopbriggs Studios Cllr.[Councillor] Eric Gotts Convenor of Education was told of the continuing work being undertaken by Cue and Review Recording Service with young people

25,000 Information Fliers now distributed around Bishopbriggs and Robroyston (May 2002) Safeway staff have been involved in ensuring that print really can speak to the blind.

Ripper Records Talking Newspaper Interview (Feb 2002) Aberdeen Sunday 17th February 2002 heard the star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Anthony Stewart Head being interviewed at the Forbidden Planet store in Aberdeen by Cue and Review Recording Service volunteer Karen McPhee.

Cue and Review Recording Service in the Dock ! (Feb 2002) Live trials of the new Cue and Review Recording Service web site have begun. Alastair McPhee, founder and Managing Editor of the Bishopbriggs-based charity spoke today of the great pride he feels for the team of people that have been involved in getting the new site to this stage.

Scottish Media Group Approves Online Audio (Feb 2002) Publishers of The Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times - Scottish Media Group (SMG) - have kindly given the go ahead for Cue and Review Recording Service to offer their titles from the new highly interactive web site being built by Adolos Consulting for the Scottish Charity.

IT Officer Appointed (Feb 2002) Colin joined Cue and Review Recording Service in 1999 as a volunteer. He was soon working in a voluntary role as our Technical Director and in January 2000 he was appointed as our Training Officer, organising and providing training for our volunteers and staff in all aspects of our work.

Profile - Morag Mackay, Operations Director, Manager and Mountain Mover (Jun 2001) Why did Morag join Cue and Review in 1992 and what doesn't she do in the organisation? Does she prefer chocolate, malt or a good book? How does she know Jesus was a woman? Learn more about our Operations Director.

Cue and Review's Board Enters the New Age (May 2001) Being a farsighted organisation the board of Cue & Review Recording Service has recently begun to implement virtual committee meetings. With 157 voting members made up primarily of listeners drawn from throughout the UK it is important for the organisation to ensure that adequate structures are put in place to make sure the proper planning can take place. Here is how things are working.

The Surf's Up - £82,000 for Web Portal (May 2001) Our Managing Editor, Alastair McPhee has dreamt, since the day that he founded the service, that he would one day be able to provide a radio station for the visually impaired. Now with the help of the Voluntary Issues Unit of the Scottish Executive that dream is closer to being achieved, via the Internet.

Colin & Pudsey Join Forces to Train 16 Young People (Apr 2001) This year's bid to Children in Need has been successful - just over £7000 has been secured to provide 30 weeks of training for 16 young people from local areas.

Kick-off for New Youth Project (Apr 2001) This month marks the start of a new phase in community awareness as we start a youth project funded by Children in Need. In terms of the investment in time and resources this will be the largest project we have run to date this year.

Stars of the Street (Jan 2001) Cue and Review Recording Services's team of street collectors had a good year 2000, in spite of a number of cancellations and double bookings and we managed to bank a total of ?12,990 for the Charity.

Investing in People (Oct 2000) After a lot of hard work Cue and Review Recording Service has retained the Investors in People Standard - an indication of the priority we place on our staff and volunteers. Read some of the assessors comments.