Sunday 21st June is Father’s Day in the UK and we’re hearing from Mark Chester founder of Who Let The Dads Out, who’s providing some thoughts for us around being a dad. Plus, we’ve got the second part of our conversation with former double paralympian Darren Harris, who was one of the most capped players […]

Our guest this week is Darren Harris; a double paralympian who has 10 world and european medals to his name, and was capped over 150 times for the England Blind Football Side – so who better to chat to as the World Cup football tournament gets underway?! Darren chats to us about his career in […]

In this week’s edition of Reflections, Torch’s resources Curator Janette Sturgis recommends some of the latest arrivals in the Torch library. Marilyn reflects on the Bible story of Gideon, and in this thought of the week, James Brookman tells us a funny story about an inscription on a gravestone. To contact Torch Trust with any […]

For Volunteer Week, we’re talking to Samuel Wilkins who edits and narrates audiobooks for Torch. Samuel talks about how he got into working with audiobooks, challenges with audiobook productions as a totally blind person, and shares how some narrators prepare their voices before reading to sound as good as possible. To contact Torch Trust with […]

In this special Pentecost edition, Marilyn talks about what and who The Holy Spirit is, shares how The Holy Spirit has been working in her life, and we also visit the scriptures and hear a sermon from Torch’s Vicki Bryson about how Pentecost is relevant to us today. To contact Torch Trust with any comments […]

This week we’re featuring an interview with Anne Phipps who has an interesting story both with regards to losing her sight as well as evolving from an Evangelical Christian to enjoying a faith where she finds comfort in not always having all the answers. The episode is part of the Blind Faith podcast also from […]

In part two of Linn’s conversation with comedian and magician Tom Elliott and singer Charlie Green, we dive deeper into Charlie’s story. He talks about coming to the public’s attention on Britain’s Got Talent aged eleven and how his journey has continued from there. Tom and Charlie also give more information about their upcoming Feeling […]

This episode features the first part of an interesting conversation with comedian and magician Tom Elliott, and singer and former BGT finalist Charlie Green. In part one, we hear how Tom came to do comedy full time and how the two performers compliment each other. To contact Torch Trust with any comments or feedback, call […]

In this episode we meet Minister Jeryl Bayona, who is passionate about disability inclusion in the church, both due to his lived experience with a congenital eye condition and being the father of a non-verbal autistic child. Jeryl shares how he never set out to be a minister, differences of working in the UK and […]

In this edition of Reflections, Marilyn reflects on God’s impeccable timing and the deeper meaning of grace. We also hear from people who attend the Torch coffee morning and why they enjoy it. And for those who are unable to come in person, there is also one happening on Zoom To contact Torch Trust with […]