EC1 Echo - Making local news that matters.

Aim

Our aim is to secure enough money to guarantee at least six more issues of EC1 Echo over the next year

EC1 Echo was launched in 2019 with funding from Peel Institute as part of its Connecting Clerkenwell project, and since then we have tried to do things differently. We combine professional journalism with voluntary contributions from people who live and work in EC1 to create content which is responsive to, and reflective of, the community it serves.

As a not-for-profit, hyper-local newspaper, we currently publish bi-monthly and are the only newspaper solely dedicated to the EC1 postal district and its nearby neighbours. These are challenging times for print media and we are now at the point where we need to begin to move towards a more sustainable model – and we need your help.

As part of our long-term plan we would like to generate the income required to keep publishing from advertising, but due to the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, this is a particularly difficult for a new publication to find advertisers. That’s why we’re asking you, the people of Clerkenwell – local residents and businesses alike – to help us get the funding in place to guarantee the publication of at least six more issues over the course of a year.

We believe that our not-for-profit model offers a new approach to creating local journalism which is both inclusive and accountable and at times such as these essential. But we need your support to keep going.

By the 15th of July we are hoping to raise at least £5,000 because we want everyone in EC1 to be able to access local news for free. Please support us so we can continue to do so.

This project successfully funded on 8th July 2020