Local Matters
Our staff live in the areas our 3 community magazines cover, so we feel very strongly that we are part of our local community. We don’t just talk about this. We do practical things to provide support to other local people and organisations doing their bit to help all of us in the wider community.
Finding Homes For Local Cats Every Month
Each month we feature some of the homeless, hungry and lonely cats that arrive at Cats Protection. These are our moggy friends who are looking for someone to adopt them as we can’t take them all home ourselves, much as we would like to!
The cats featured in our Walsall & Villages magazine the cats come from Walsall Cats Protection and in the Great Barr Gazette they come from Birmingham North Cats Protection or Team Cat Rescue.
Kitting Out Local Kids
We were approached by longstanding Pioneer advertiser Swift Bathrooms Ltd to see if we could sponsor the main kit for the under 9s team at Rushall Olympic Football Club. We were only too happy to help. Find out more here
Reporting On Local People Helping Walsall RNLI Save Lives
We often publish information, free of charge, on RNLI’s Walsall Branch news and fundraising. In our November/December 2019 issue of Pioneer Magazine, we did a double page feature on two lifeboats that have been paid for by private donations from Walsall people. In 2018 one of the boats was launched 44 times, helping 57 people!
We received a wonderful thank you letter from Phil Martin, Walsall Branch of RNLI. Here’s an excerpt “We would like to say a big thank you to you and your staff, as you have helped us to publicise our up-to-date lifeboat news and keep in touch with both the local community and our loyal group of supporters. Your continued support, help, and assistance to the Walsall Branch of RNLI are very much appreciated.”
Free Feature For Aldridge School Charity Event
In our November/December 2019 Villages Edition which is circulated free of charge to the villages in and around Aldridge, we gave Aldridge School a free double page spread to promote a charity event. They held a fashion show and shopping event raising funds for Aldridge charity the THOMAS Project. We were only too happy to support both our local school and this local charity.