Social Streets
Local newspaper in Tower Hamlets, London
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Social Streets is a community interest company and local news organisation in Tower Hamlets, London, England. It was founded by Tabitha Stapely in 2018.[1]
Between 2018 and 2025, Social Streets ran four digital newspapers, each focusing on a different part of Tower Hamlets: Roman Road LDN, Whitechapel LDN, Poplar LDN, and Bethnal Green LDN.
In October 2025, Social Streets merged its four hyperlocal news titles into one borough-wide online newspaper called Tower Hamlets Slice, covering the entirety of Tower Hamlets.[2]
It also publishes a biannual physical newspaper called The Slice, later renamed Tower Hamlets Slice, and runs a range of journalism training courses.[3][4]
Social Streets is a social enterprise that was incubated at the Cambridge Judge Business School in 2017.[5]
Its founder Stapely has lobbied the government for better support for local publishers[6], and has spoken about the need for an advertising model designed to support both the local economy and local journalism [7].
