Help Tell Leicester’s Heritage Stories
Volunteers from Soar Sound, Documentary Media Centre, Evington Echo and our wider network of partners and collaborators are invited to help capture the stories, conversations […]
Community Media
Community Media in Practice – Building Connections Through Conversation and Collaboration
The recent Community Media Café meetings in Leicester and the Foundational Media Exchange online sessions have been bringing together an interesting range of conversations about […]
Community Media and Public Health – Building Trust Through Local Conversations
The value of community media is often most apparent in relatively ordinary situations. People come together to share information about their work, residents ask questions, […]
Media Exchange Sessions – New Fortnightly Schedule From 21st October
The Decentered Media Exchange sessions are changing their schedule from later this month. The session on Wednesday 14th October 2026 will go ahead as planned. After […]
Volunteer With the Evington Echo – Help Share the Stories of Our Community
Every neighbourhood has stories that deserve to be heard. They might begin with someone organising a local activity, a resident sharing a memory, a young […]
Building Foundational Media Through Practical Conversations
Producing a neighbourhood magazine means finding stories, supporting contributors, checking information and getting each edition into readers’ hands. Keeping a community radio station going means […]
Becoming a Community Reporter – What Volunteering for the Evington Echo Involves
The Evington Echo is more than a magazine delivered through local letterboxes every two months. It is a continuing record of community life: the people […]
Community Media Café – Sharing Skills, Ideas and Inspiration in Leicester
On Thursday mornings, the Bishop Street Chapel Café in Leicester becomes a meeting place for people interested in community media, local storytelling and digital participation. […]
We Need to Talk More Carefully About “Marginalised Communities”
The phrase “marginalised communities” is now widely used across public policy, arts funding, civic engagement, media regulation, social advocacy, academic research and local community development. […]
Community Media, Civic Dialogue and the Stories That Hold Us Together
The Community Media Café held on Thursday 28th May 2026 at the Bishop Street Chapel Café in Leicester continued the practical and reflective conversations that […]
Community Media Exchange – Online Discussions For Community, Civic And Independent Media
Decentered Media is launching a new online discussion space for people who are actively involved in community, civic and independent media. The Community Media Exchange […]
Build Community Reporting Experience At Riverside Festival
Decentered Media is inviting volunteers to gain practical, hands-on experience as community reporters by supporting Soar Sound’s presence at Leicester Riverside Festival on Saturday 6th […]
Building Community Reporting Experience at Riverside Festival
Soar Sound and the Evington Echo is inviting volunteers to take part in a practical community reporting opportunity at Riverside Festival on Saturday 6th and […]
Community Media Café Starts With A Warm Welcome
The first Decentered Media Community Media Café took place on Thursday 14th May 2026 at Bishop Street Chapel Café in Leicester. We were given a […]
Community Media Café At Bishop Street Chapel Café
Decentered Media is hosting a new weekly Community Media Café at Bishop Street Chapel Café in Leicester, starting at 10.30am on Thursday 14th May 2026. […]