Playback Magazine June 2007 (No. 374)

Grapevine – with Ally Smith and Margaret Cowie.

What’s On – with John Cavanagh

Insight Radio Sony Award - Last month Insight Radio received one of the coveted Sony Awards, the Oscars of the Radio Industry. Here we give you some programme samples from Insight Radio.
 
Resourceful Ramblers - Derek Young recently caught up with this energetic group on one of their outings on the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.  If you are interested contact Geoff Mu rdoch on 01236 824602.  

Visual Awareness Pack - Last month Peter Fraser went along to the Satinwood Room of Glasgow City Chambers for the Launch of the SITE Visual Awareness Pack.  There are an estimated 2000 unemployed visual impaired people in this area, and the event in the City Chambers was to highlight the problem to the employers invited along. Peter spoke to Jim O’Rourke, Maureen McAllister,
Andy Taylor from Action for Blind People, John Legge,
Director of RNIB Scotland.  First he spoke to John Turley.  
SITE Contact: john.turley@site-wos.org
Maureen McAllister:  0141 567 4217, E-mail: maureen.mcallister@rnib.org.uk
Andy Taylor – Action for Blind People: 0207 635 3013.

Hazelwood School - Hazelwood School is name of a new school for sensory impaired children which opens this year. Derek went along to Kelvin School in Glasgow to speak to Monica Maceever the new head teacher at Hazelwood, which replaces Kelvin and Carnbooth schools.

Transport Scotland - Peter recently spoke to David Stevenson from Transport Scotland regarding changes in bus ticketing being tried out over the coming months.
Tel: 0141 272 7170, Web: www.transportscotland.gov.uk

Sound Site 2007 - Derek is our reporter this year on the latest Sound Site event in the Central Hotel, Glasgow last month. This is the first of his reports. He visit Hagger Electronics, CVIP and Macular Degeneration Group..
Hagger Electronics: 01462 677331, Web: www.hagger.co.uk
CVIP: 0208 420 1338, E-mail:  iki@cvip.co.uk