Date: 24 November 2007 14:17

POSTAL TAPE SERVICE IN LINE TO 'POT' AWARD

Cambridgeshire County Council's Postal Tape Service (POTS) has been 
nominated for an award for its support of people with visual impairment.

POTS - which is part of the County Council's Library, Archives and 
Information Service, has been put forward for the annual 'The Way To Be 
Awards' that are organised by Cambridge City Council.

 Nominations for 'The Way To Be Awards' are made by members of the community 
who nominate people, services, shops etc, who they feel have made a positive 
contribution to the lives of disabled people.

 The POTS offers a free postal service of talking books on cassette 
delivered directly to the homes of visually impaired adults living in 
Cambridgeshire. The service currently supports almost 500 people around the 
county.

Users of the service can choose from a printed, cassette or Braille version 
of the catalogue of over 6000 available titles or have books chosen for them 
by the staff.

County Council POTS Supervisor, Wendy Law, said: "The Way To Be Awards give 
the chance for anybody, but particularly disabled people, the chance to 
reward the businesses and services that treat them well, properly and with 
respect, and we are delighted that our service has been nominated for an 
award."

John Reynolds