Social Streets

Social Streets C.I.C. is a local news organisation in Tower Hamlets, London, England. It was founded by Tabitha Stapely in 2018.[1]

Between 2018 and 2025, Social Streets C.I.C. 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 C.I.C. merged its four hyperlocal news titles into one borough-wide online newspaper covering the borough of Tower Hamlets in east London, UK:Tower Hamlets Slice[2]

It also publishes a biannual physical newspaper called The Slice, later renamed Tower Hamlets Slice, and runs a range of journalism training courses.[3][4]

Social Streets C.I.C. is a social enterprise that was incubated at the Cambridge Judge Business School in 2017. [5].

Its founder Tabitha Stapely has lobbied the government for better support of local publishers [6], and has spoken about the need for an advertising model designed to support both the local economy and local journalism [7].

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Tower Hamlets Slice". Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Holliday, Cerys (21 November 2021). "New local magazine launches in Tower Hamlets". East London Lines. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Capabilities". Social Streets. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Social Streets". Judge Business School. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Written evidence submitted by Social Streets CIC". UK Parliament Committees. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Breathing new life into local media". In Publishing. Retrieved 12 May 2026.


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