Wensleydale Community Reporters'

“Have you heard the one about…”

New stories and new voices are being heard in Lower Wensleydale as people around the dale have been learning how to become Community Reporters. The aim of community reporting is quite simple and straightforward – it enables people to tell the stories that mean something to them and their communities.

What they will say will reflect what is happening – the Dales Food & Drink Festival in Leyburn, Burning the Bartle in West Witton, Jazz jamming in Richmond, History in Colburn, Walking in Wensley and Knitting in Leyburn. They will be covering village activities, personal achievements, campaigns, arts, music – pretty much life as the Dale knows it – and, yes, even, no doubt, the odd reference to the Olympics and Diamond Jubilees.

For reporters in Lower Wensleydale this will mean using this web site and its newsletter and any other appropriate news channel from Facebook and Twitter to local, regional and even national newspapers, radio or TV.

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How did all this happen? 

The Lower Wensleydale Partnership took up the opportunity to train community reporters under the European funded “Isabel” project (see About the project training for more on Isabel). In Learning Centres in Askrigg, Middleham Key Centre and Hawes 14 learners took part in the training sessions. Over the next weeks and months you will be able to watch their videos, listen to their podcasts and read their stories here and on other web sites and newsletters around Wensleydale and North Yorkshire. We will even be featuring them as they explain why they wanted to become community reporters.

How to get involved

There are further sessions in the planning stages as well so please contact The MRS Consultancy, based in Well, North Yorkshire, which is managing the Isabel project in Yorkshire and the Humber. Email: roy.smith@mrsconsultancy.com or telephone Roy Smith on 05602 099019.

_{This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This content reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.}