Social Streets
Social Streets is a community interest company and local news organisation in Tower Hamlets, London, England. It was founded by Tabitha Stapely in 2018.
Between 2018 and 2025, Social Streets ran four digital newspapers, each focusing on a different part of Tower Hamlets: Roman Road LDN, Whitechapel LDN, Poplar LDN, and Bethnal Green LDN.
In October 2025, Social Streets merged its four hyperlocal news titles into one borough-wide online newspaper called Tower Hamlets Slice, covering the entirety of Tower Hamlets.
It also publishes a biannual physical newspaper called The Slice, later renamed Tower Hamlets Slice, and runs a range of journalism training courses.
Social Streets is a social enterprise that was incubated at the Cambridge Judge Business School in 2017.
Its founder Stapely has lobbied the government for better support for local publishers, and has spoken about the need for an advertising model designed to support both the local economy and local journalism .
References
- ↑ Kunova, Marcela (18 November 2021). "New community magazine launches in Tower Hamlets despite the decline of print local press". Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ↑ "Tower Hamlets Slice". Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ Holliday, Cerys (21 November 2021). "New local magazine launches in Tower Hamlets". East London Lines. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ↑ "Capabilities". Social Streets. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ↑ "Social Streets". Judge Business School. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ "Written evidence submitted by Social Streets CIC". UK Parliament Committees. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ "Breathing new life into local media". In Publishing. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
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