Richard Balkwill

Calibre Audio was set up in 1974 by three pioneering and tenacious women. They had a vision to bring the joy of audiobooks to anyone with a disability who found reading print difficult or impossible. With recollections from volunteers, narrators, staff and supporters this story tells the first chapter of Calibre’s amazing 50-year journey to become a national charity whose impact now provides a lifeline to so many.

Calibre has made a big difference to the lives of thousands of people - an incredible feat when you consider that all it had to start with was the spark of an idea and only a kitchen table from which to grow it.