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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
The Better Together report confronts Leicester with difficult questions about social fragmentation, polarisation and the erosion of common ground. It describes how divisions centred on […]
I’m excited to share a set of community-focused activities taking place across Leicester in spring 2026 that may be of interest to volunteers and organisations […]
