YOUR THURROCK is among 15 community & hyperlocal news publishers who have successfully partnered with the BBC to receive local news content as part of the Local Democracy Reporter Scheme.

The first part of the £8m-per-year scheme, which aims to fund 150 local democracy reporters across the UK, opened in May and publications big and small from all over the UK applied.

A full news item by very supportive Centre for Community Journalism at Cardiff University can be found below.

https://www.communityjournalism.co.uk/blog/2017/07/04/fifteen-hyperlocals-to-partner-with-the-bbc-2/