IT has been a whole year since the first edition of Bexhill News hit the streets in July 2022. We cannot believe it has gone so quickly and it has been received so well by local residents.
The free community newspaper was created to give the people of Bexhill truly local news from their town, not Hastings and further afield.
We have done that by producing 144,000 copies of Hailsham News on sustainably sourced paper along with almost 400 pages of news and features.
This simply shows that local newsprint is not on the decline much like the other regionals will make you believe. People still like to physically hold a publication and flick through local news at their leisure, especially when it’s content that affects them as residents.
From simply an idea back in August 2021 when I created a community newspaper for Hailsham, we’ve grown into a strong team of five people, who all, in their own way make sure these newspapers are published successfully each and every month.
Hailsham and Bexhill News stand out from other publications, mainly because it is available on a pick-up basis only and not delivered door-to-door. Therefore, we are able to know exactly how many readers we have, as each reader makes a conscious decision to take a newspaper home and read it.
In the last thirteen issues of Bexhill News, we’ve covered some amazing stories including campaigns, protests, High Street closures, littering, rescue missions and new projects in the town and hundreds of other stories which affect you — the reader!
I’ve always said this publication is a community newspaper, therefore our readers have played a huge part in its success by letting us know the stories they want to see tackled every month.
Please keep this going as it’s the only way we can keep ahead of knowing what matters to you. We’re very grateful that you continue to support and of course enjoy our newspapers which take a lot of hard work behind the scenes to ensure you get them at the start of every single month.
A massive thank you must go to our advertisers —
whom without, the newspaper simply wouldn’t be free to pick up, so please carry on supporting them whenever you can.
We have some amazing plans for more expansion this and next year, so I cannot wait to update you on these.
Here’s to another 12 months.
