As local newspapers and magazines continue to struggle, those within the industry are turning to data and statistics in their efforts to revive this floundering sector. But these provide only a partial glimpse at the role of journalism in society. We must also look at more qualitative factors to secure the future success of local […]
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It is one year since Roman Road LDN was relaunched and began running as a full time web publication covering Bow and Globe Town. And what a year it has been. As we gear up for year two, Tabitha Stapely, founder of Social Streets, the not-for-profit media company behind Roman Road LDN, looks back at
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Social Streets has launched Co-Lab this January at 365 Roman Road. The project aims to provide affordable space for the local community to use. On Thursday 31 January Co-Lab held an open evening to celebrate a year of Roman Road LDN, and to give local people a chance to see the new space. The event was attended
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Social Streets launches Social Streets Studio at new Mulberry UTC in Bow, East London, as part of a pioneering partnership between a secondary school and a media company. Social Streets Studio will operate as a live business within school premises, offering its students unlimited access to training and work experience opportunities. Social Streets will publish
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Social Streets is launching a pilot of Social Scheme for High Streets for Tower Hamlets to provide digital presence, promotion and mentoring to local businesses. The pilot project will start with Roman Road with the aim of rolling out to other high streets. The Social Scheme for High Streets is designed for high streets and town centres
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Social Streets has been appointed by London Borough of Tower Hamlets to deliver a community-led digital training programme to improve the digital health of high street businesses. Following a successful pilot on Roman Road, Social Streets was selected by Tower Hamlets council to provide digital and business support to Whitechapel’s 120 businesses and 100 market
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Social Streets has been commissioned by London Borough of Tower Hamlets to run a pilot digital training camp for high street businesses on Roman Road in Bow, East London. Social Streets’ POW Digital Camp provided one-to-one training and mentoring sessions to nearly 100 shops and market traders and provided four hours of free mentoring to
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In 2013 Roman Road was digitally invisible. The high street had no digital platform and most of the traders; businesses were not using social media; there was no Wikipedia entry, and an image search returning nothing about the local area, positive or otherwise. Not only was the high street attracting very little destination footfall but
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Belinda Bell is what you call an early adopter. She was working in the field of social enterprise fifteen years ago before the term was even coined, or at least while it was being coined. Now Programme Director for Cambridge Social Ventures, Bell’s first job in the sector of social enterprises was at London Rebuilding Society, a community development
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We were asked to create a promotional video for the community-led Roman Road Yard Market. The video conveys the strong community vibe of the market and was used to help attract local traders and community groups to help grow the market. It was also used to help raise the profile of the road and attract
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