'Communty Newswire' service closes

THE COMMUNITY MEDIA TRUST has announced the closure of its Community Newswire service from today.

The Media Trust ran the Community Newswire in partnership with the Press Association and was a project designed to get news from charities and good causes into the main stream media.

The Media Trust Chief Officer Caroline Diehl had this to say:

The Government spending review has resulted in a number of service cuts and unfortunately this includes our hugely popular Community Newswire service. The service will close on 31 March. We are actively seeking replacement funds and it is absolutely our intention to reintroduce Community Newswire as soon as we are able.

Organisations that have benefited from the Community Newswire, are asked to write to Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society at the Office for Civil Society, to ask him to reconsider cutting the funds for this service.

Has your organisation in Holderness ever benefited from the Community Newswire? E-mail us at hu12@gmx.com and let us know your thoughts on this and other community and voluntary sector funding cuts.