www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/dh1 welcome to aboutmyarea.co.uk/dh1 support your community
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www.AboutMyArea.co.uk/DH1
Welcome to AboutMyArea.co.uk/DH1
Support Your Community
www.AboutMyArea.co.uk/DH1
www.AboutMyArea.co.uk/DH1
Who Are AboutMyArea?• AboutMyArea is one of
the fastest growing online social community businesses in the UK with over 200 community websites being operated by community members
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What Do AboutMyArea Do?• AboutMyArea
embraces the need for the rekindling of community spirit to help communities rediscover themselves and start to work like communities again
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What is It?
• It’s like a local newspaper but on line and contains all the sort of interesting stuff that local press used to run….
• Community News, What’s On, Events, Charity Information, Schools, Reviews and much, much more….
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AboutMyArea is becoming well recognised.
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Why The Community?
• AboutMyArea provides a unique window to the community on a postcode basis
• No other local news business can provide so much community content, news and opportunity online or offline
• AboutMyArea recreates the community sense of togetherness and support of years gone by for the modern world
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Our Aim• Is to raise awareness for
local community groups and organisations
• Encourage pride and involvement within the community
• Support our local community needs by supporting local events
• Raise money for local organisations, charities and schools
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In return for our help• Organisations help promote
the AboutMyArea website by encouraging all their members to use our site as the one stop community shop
• They agree to give out leaflets to all their members and at all their events
• They help promote the site through their network of friends, colleagues and acquaintances.
• By promoting the site you are helping to promote yourself.
• We look for opportunities to help support you through advertising or involving other areas of the community and businesses.
• We all work together to gain as much exposure for AboutMyArea within each postcode
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Here’s just one example of how we get involved locally supporting Children in
Need.• We took a simple idea and got the whole community
involved
• We even got to meet Terry Wogan!!
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So Who Am I?• My name is Syd Graham and I
am the AboutMyArea site editor for the DH1 area
• I am now one of a national network of site operators who are committed to their community, the people & businesses in it
• My role is to help rekindle the community spirit in my area for all our benefit through AboutMyArea/DH1
• I hope you will join me in promoting your organisation in unique ways on this unique site.
• I am an active member of the AboutMyArea forum which keeps me up-to-date with what is happening nationwide. It also allows me to request future changes to the site.
• I create most of the content within the community areas including stories, tips, photo’s.
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What Does AboutMyArea/DH1 Offer?
• Local News, Features and Reviews, up to date stories, social and local issues, events and what’s on, classifieds, property, motors, buy sell and swap, local videos, a local and national business directory and much, much more
• AboutMyArea is an ever changing product specifically for your local area
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How Does The Community Benefit?
• A genuinely local one stop source of information backed up with national search facilities and national coverage
• Not only benefits the local community but anyone looking to join or visit the local community
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CONTACT DETAILS• Please call Syd Graham on:
01740 656 673 / 07857 905 496 or email [email protected]
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