COMMUNITY JOURNALISM OF THE YEAR WINNER 2020 - WALES MEDIA AWARDS
This is a community website for Grangetown in Cardiff, highlighting people, business, community activities, local news and things to do in the area and linking other websites and blogs.
This voluntary project - in connection with Grangetown Community Action - is the free, independent, online presence of the long-running Grangetown Newscommunity paper, which has been distributed to 6,500 local homes at least twice a year for 40 years.
E-mail us on grangetowncardiff@yahoo.co.uk If you'd like to help, are local or would like to send any contributions for inclusion, or wish to advertise. Also if you'd like to be included FREE in our DIRECTORY,
You can also follow us on Twitter @grangecardiff and look for Grangetown Community Action on Facebook. We have a growing number of followers and are keen to encourage a social network to promote Grangetown community events, activities, issues, businesses and organisations.
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Open day for Grangetown art workshops
I am also surprised and sorry that the residents spoken to have anxiety. We have been consulting for the last 4 years and involved residents at a very early stage drawing up the plans. Every tenants and resident affected to has been written to a number of times. https://t.co/W5Bs31RX6O
— Lynda Thorne (@LyndaT48) June 7, 2021
A first meeting to set up the group was held in December to discuss ideas and for people to see what role they'd like to play, large or small. Another will be held in the New Year. Nursery school opens food box project Grangetown Nursery School have recently opened a community food box project. Big Bocs Bwyd, Community Food Box is a "pay as you feel" shop, where members of the community fill their bag with what they need and pay what they can, although a £1 donation is suggested. It's been promoted with families around other local schools. People can come along to the school in Avondale Road between 9am and 9.30am or 3.15pm-3.45pm, Monday to Friday. Grangetown News wins community media award
Grangetown News has won the community journalism of the year award, at the Wales Media Awards.
The judges said: "A very good local publication with lots of community news which tackles issues that concern the community. It is well produced and provides the sort of information and stories that people want to read. We suspect residents look forward to it dropping through their letterbox." We were shortlisted at the 2019 awards and received news of the 2020 award, at the online ceremony in April 2020. Due to the pandemic and the fact we rely on volunteers to deliver the newspaper, we have put plans on hold for the next print edition until early in 2022. In the meantime, we're trying to update this website and social media as often as possible and would welcome any help or contributions.There is now an online version here of the autumn 2019 edition - and ahead of our next print edition later in 2021 we are looking for contributors, as well as volunteer deliverers, especially for streets in North Grangetown and off North Clive Street.A very good local publication say the judges…….congratulations Grangetown Community News @grangecardiff, winners of Community Journalism of the Year, sponsored by @ITVWalesPress @JournoCharity #JCWMA20 https://t.co/uboqTthT2g pic.twitter.com/rVGnuY1pZM
— WalesMediaAwards (@W_M_A) April 30, 2021
Please email grangetowncardiff@yahoo.co.uk or go to our Trello board to register an interest in delivering.
Copies are distributed to 6,500 homes, shops and businesses. It is also be available in Grange Pavilion, Grangetown Hub, Channel View, local shops, venues and pubs and you will be able to view an online version.
Grangetown News was first produced in 1978 as a quarterly magazine and for many years was edited by the late Joan Gallagher. In the last decade we have developed our website and Twitter presence, to keep a feed of news in between editions. For the last five years, it has been transformed into a 16-page colour tabloid newspaper, with two or three editions a year. It has been entirely self-funded and depended on the support of the local community.
The newspaper - with website and social media presence - was chosen by the judges in the community news category. Can we take this opportunity of thanking all our readers, contributors, volunteer deliverers and advertisers for all their help and support over the years.
If you can help contribute, have any ideas, want to submit an article, feature or event email grangetowncardiff@yahoo.co.uk
Should you have a local news story or would like to tell the community about your organisation or school then our paper is a perfect way of reaching people! If you are a local business/organisation who would like to advertise to the local community our paper is an ideal place to place an advert.
Our rates are listed below:
1/8 page - £40
1/4 page - £70
1/2 page - £110
1 full page - £200
1 full back page - £250
The Grangetown News is still printed 100% in COLOUR, but is printed in a tabloid format, making your articles and adverts larger than ever! This is a pilot project which will hopefully allow us to increase readership through spreading more positive, local news stories. The editions are 16 pages. All articles submitted should be in a Word document (or jpeg for images / designed adverts - All images to be supplied high-quality 350dpi, colour pictures converted to CMYK) and sent to grangetowncardiff@yahoo.co.uk.
If you would like to discuss advertising in the Grangetown News, please feel free to contact grangetowncardiff@yahoo.co.uk, or call Ashley on 07572875804.
As well as more local news stories, there are features on local businesses and also sport. The paper has also been designed by Grangetown residents. Online versions of the features - with more photos - will also be put up later on this website But it's not too late if you want to get involved:
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