Calibre Audio

Calibre Audio is a national charity, based locally in Weston Turville, Buckinghamshire, we provide audiobooks to anyone with a print disability and membership is completely free for the under 25s.

We support people with:

• visual impairment
• dyslexia
• autism
• ADD/ADHD
• long COVID
• MS
• MND
• chronic fatigue
• cancer-related cognitive disorder
• other physical and neurological conditions

Everyone has the legal right to equal access to information, yet only 7% of print books are converted to audio, the format needed for many disabled people. For young people, this has serious implications for their ability to learn and develop.

At Calibre, we believe in social inclusion and the wider benefits that reading brings, combating social isolation as well as increasing confidence and independence.

We also campaign with the Right to Read Alliance, the DAISY Consortium, and Share the Vision to support disability equality and end discrimination.

The key features of our service for children and young people are:

• membership is completely free for children and young adults aged under 25 years
• there are several ways to listen: streaming, downloading, or USB memory stick
• members have access to over 17,000 books in 70 categories, including over 3,000 children’s titles, with new titles being added every week
• our aim is to encourage as many eligible young people as possible to join and use audiobooks to support their education and relaxation
• our collection is full of leading contemporary children’s authors, including Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson, J.K Rowling, Malorie Blackman, David Walliams, Phillip Pullman – as well as classics
• we also keep up to date with titles that support the GCSE, A Level and PSHE national curriculum
• under-18s can also borrow audiobooks from the main collection, other than those with an X-rated restriction (with scenes/language inappropriate for young members)
• upon joining, members choose how they would like to listen to our audiobooks: streaming, download and memory stick or a combination of all three.

Visit www.calibreaudio.org.uk today to find out more about joining or call Calibre’s dedicated Membership Services team at 01296 432339.