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We will email you our Torch News magazine four times a year, full of encouraging stories, updates and information on how you can get involved. Our quarterly prayer diary is included to give you a daily guide to how you can be praying for the ministry of Torch. By receiving these digitally you help us save costs and help the planet!
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GIVING
Donations keeps us helping others
We are only able to continue our work supporting those with sight loss thanks to the generosity of our supporters. Please consider if you can support the ministry financially.
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01858 438260Office hours are 10:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Thursday.
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Office hours are 10:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Thursday.
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It’s free and easy to become a client. Once you get in touch, one of our staff will help you complete the sign-up process.
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Client supporter Sign-up
Signing up on behalf of someone with sight loss?
We have a dedicated form for registering yourself and the client.
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We’ve got a dedicated form to register yourself as a client.
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Register your Church to become a Sight Loss Friendly Church
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Radio & Podcasts
Reflections is Torch’s own radio show which airs every Sunday, and focuses on disability & faith in today’s world. We bring you fascinating stories from real people who share their personal journeys, faith encounters and experiences with disability. The show is produced by Torch Trust and presented by renowned blind singer-songwriter Marilyn Baker.
How can I listen?
Find Reflections on Sundays at 9am on RNIB’s Connect Radio online, on Freeview 730, on FM 101 (Glasgow), and on smartphones and tablets through various radio apps. You can also play Connect Radio through your smart speaker, by asking it to ‘Play RNIB Connect Radio’.
If you are blind, partially sighted, or eligible to be registered as either, you can also receive Reflections as a monthly free CD, mailed straight to you. To sign up ring Client Services on 01858 438260.
Reflections Radio
Listen to Reflections Radio online
Live Sunday mornings at 9am.
Available also on Freeview 730, on FM 101 (Glasgow), and on smartphones and tablets through various radio apps.
Torch Podcasts
Torch offers a number of podcasts. These include Torch Tales, an exploration of our history through the stories of the people who bring it to life, and a shorter version of the Reflections radio show. Find both on a wide selections of podcast platforms.
Reflections Radio Podcast
Catchup with the latest Reflections podcasts
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Torch Trust is a Christian organisation with a worldwide vision for people with sight loss. We produce a weekly radio programme called Reflections which airs on RNIB Connect Radio. The show focuses on faith and disability in today’s world and here you can find a podcast version of the show. Uploaded weekly, after our Sunday broadcasts, this version has had music tracks removed.
The second part of our chat with Paul hears him chatting about eye sight, WW1, his book Hark! The Biography of Christmas and the history podcast, The British Broadcasting Century, and much more!
Torch Tales
Torch Tales delves deep into the history of Torch Trust through the stories of the people who bring it to life. Share in tales of passion and faith which make our sight loss ministry possible.
Torch Tales delves deep into the history of Torch Trust through the stories of the people who bring it to life. Share in tales of passion and faith which make our sight loss ministry possible.
Magazine Podcasts:
Walking by Faith
Walking By faith is our podcast focusing on people who have experienced losing their sight, having previously been fully or partially sighted, and how this has impacted their faith and spiritual lives. Answering the same set of questions, each episode features a different guest reflecting on topics such as how they see God’s love, what walking by faith means to them and a wellness tip which has helped them on their faith journey.
Walking By faith is our podcast focusing on people who have experienced losing their sight, having previously been fully or partially sighted, and how this has impacted their faith and spiritual lives. Answering the same set of questions, each episode features a different guest reflecting on topics such as how they see God’s love, what walking by faith means to them and a wellness tip which has helped them on their faith journey.
In this season’s final episode, James Hassall who works for the RNIB, is heavily involved with his church and volunteers for Torch, shares how a very special encounter with God brought him to faith, and that worship music plays a very important role in his life. To contact Torch Trust with any comments or feedback, […]
Insights from Sight Loss Friendly Church:
Insights from Sight Loss Friendly Church offers short answers to common questions about sight loss and the church, helping you to welcome and include blind and partially sighted people in your congregation.
Short answers to common questions about sight loss and the church, helping you to welcome and include blind and partially sighted people in your congregation.
This podcast is brought to you by the Sight Loss Friendly Church team at Torch Trust. For more information, call 01858 438260, email slfc@torchtrust.org or visit https://torchtrust.org/sight-loss-friendly-church
In the final episode of the Insights podcast, Matthew Horspool sits down to have a chat with outgoing Torch CEO Tim Jeffery. They talk about Tim’s time at Torch, how the organisation has evolved under his leadership and the immediate future of both Tim and Torch. To contact the Sight Loss Friendly Church team at Torch Trust, call 01858 438260, email slfc@torchtrust.org or visit torchtrust.org/sight-loss-friendly-church.