The Argus reports:
A blind woman has hit out at plans to cut a service that she describes as her “lifeline”.
Diane Fazackarley, 50, is outraged by Brighton and Hove City Council’s proposal to withdraw funding to RNIB’s Talking Books Service.
Diane, from Bevendean, Brighton, is totally blind. She also has severe lung damage and is often on oxygen.
She said: “I can’t go to the library on my own but I can make it to the post box to return my Talking Books.
"I just don’t understand how they could even consider cutting the service. I pay my taxes but I don’t use many of the services the council provides.
"Please let me keep this one.”
Jason Kitcat, cabinet member for finance, said the council takes its responsibility to provide a universal service for the library very seriously.
The council funds 169 Talking Book subscriptions, costing £22,000 each year. It aims to make savings of more than £80 million over the next four years.
A spokesman for RNIB said: “The council’s alternative to Talking Books is Calibre Audio Library, which offers less than 9,000 titles, reducing people’s choice by more than half.”
RNIB is supporting a campaign to fight the council’s proposal.
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