Producing a neighbourhood newsletter

Producing a newsletter for your neighbourhood can be a great way to share news and to build a sense of community. This information will help neighbourhood community groups to produce and print successful newsletters. It is useful for other types of community newsletters too, including electronic newsletters.

  • Planning a neighbourhood newsletter

    Producing a newsletter for your neighbourhood can be a great way to share news and to build a sense of community. This information will help neighbourhood community groups to produce and print successful newsletters. It is useful for other types of community newsletters too, including electronic newsletters.

  • What will you put in your neighbourhood newsletter?

    Ideas about what to include in your newsletter (and what to avoid)

  • How to make your neighbourhood newsletter look good

    Tips on designing neighbourhood newsletters that are attractive and easy to read.

  • How to write clearly in your neighbourhood newsletter

    This page gives you tips on how to write clearly in a community newsletter. The ideas here will also be useful for other types of writing, for example in letters, emails and publicity materials.

  • Data protection for community groups

    A plain-English summary of data protection responsibilities for small, volunteer-run community groups, including how to comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

  • Support with producing newsletters

    Creating a newsletter can be a really useful way of keeping members of your group regularly updated on important local issues, upcoming events and the work of your group. But it does involve a bit of forward planning and will take a bit of time.

These books are available at the Resource Centre, to borrow or to use in the Centre.

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