Dulwich Diverter

Hi all, As you may know, we recently launched a free local community newspaper called The Dulwich Diverter. If you haven't read it yet, you can do so online here! http://tiny.cc/dulwich1 The paper has already received coverage in Time Out, the Londonist, Hold the Front Page and the Press Gazette. You can read the Time Out article here: http://tiny.cc/ddtimeout It has been distributed to more than 130 stockists across SE21 and SE22. For the full list, please go to: http://tiny.cc/ddstockists If you're a local resident or business with a news story or a feature idea - or you just want more info about the paper - please email [email protected]. Thanks very much! Mark and Kate and all at The Dulwich Diverter

Hi all, Thank you for all your comments - we appreciate all the feedback so please keep it coming! Also, we've now delivered copies of the first issue of The Dulwich Diverter to more than 130 local businesses across East, West, North Dulwich and the Village, as well as Herne Hill and Forest Hill. You can find copies in all sorts of places, from barbers and bookshops to caf?s and pubs - the full list of stockists is available here: http://dulwichdiverter.tumblr.com/post/144340545824/a-complete-list-of-stockists-of-the-dulwich Obviously we can't guarantee that all our stockists will still have copies, so please do check in advance to avoid a wasted journey. We'll also be delivering more copies to our stockists next weekend, so if you?re a local business and would like to stock our free paper, please email [email protected] and we'll pop by. Many thanks, Mark, Kate and all at The Dulwich Diverter

Hi everyone, Issue one of The Dulwich Diverter officially launches on May 5th, but we've distributed a couple of hundred early copies this afternoon! You can pick them up at about 15 places across Dulwich, including Chener Books, Hop Burns & Black, The Palmerston, Roullier White and Rye Books. Hope you enjoy reading it! Kate, Mark and all at The Dulwich Diverter

Hi all, A quick update on The Dulwich Diverter... We now have 117 backers (and almost ?1.3k of funding has come via the East Dulwich Forum) so a huge thanks to all who've backed us! We've already reached our minimum target (and we've still got 30 days to go) so all of the additional money will be invested into increased circulation and/or helping produce future editions, and keeping the project alive throughout 2016 and beyond. If you're interested in seeing what our plans for the newspaper are, please go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peckhampeculiar/the-dulwich-diverter-a-free-local-community-newspa/ Many thanks, Mark and Kate The Dulwich Diverter

Thanks Phil!

Hi Jane, Thank you for your kind words! Our first issue will come out on May 6th, which coincides with the start of this year's Dulwich Festival. Like The Peckham Peculiar, we will be stocked by local shops, pubs, bars and cafes - we hope to have around 100 stockists (if not more!). We'll make sure that we'll have an updated list of our stockists online (at http://dulwichdiverter.tumblr.com) - this information will be available from the weekend we come out. Finally, a quick update on our crowdfunding... So far, we've raised ?6,658 thanks to 98 generous backers! ?1,285 has come via the East Dulwich Forum so a huge thanks to all who've backed us! If you're interested in seeing what our plans for the newspaper are, please go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peckhampeculiar/the-dulwich-diverter-a-free-local-community-newspa/ Many thanks, Mark and Kate and all at The Dulwich Diverter

A huge thank you to all of our 67 backers so far! Earlier this morning, just 4.5 days after the campaign started, we hit our minimum target of ?5,000! Our running total currently stands at ?5,445 so we?re absolutely thrilled at the response. We?ve still got 54 days to go so any further money we raise, we will invest into increased circulation and/or helping produce future editions, and keeping the project alive throughout 2016 and beyond. We will then rely purely on advertising revenue to keep printing. Thanks again, Mark and Kate and all at The Dulwich Diverter

Hi all Just a quick update on our funding... We've now raised over ?3,000 on Kickstarter - with over ?1,000 coming via the East Dulwich Forum so a huge thank you to all that have backed us so far! If you want to see details of our crowdfunding campaign and more info on us, please go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peckhampeculiar/the-dulwich-diverter-a-free-local-community-newspa/ Many thanks All at The Dulwich Diverter

Sheila, you need to trademark some of those titles!

Hi everyone, Thanks again for the lovely comments - it's genuinely appreciated! Our crowdfunding campaign is only three days old but we've already raised nearly half the money we need so we're thrilled. And particularly because almost a quarter of what has been contributed has come via the East Dulwich Forum! If you want to know more, please go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peckhampeculiar/the-dulwich-diverter-a-free-local-community-newspa/ Thanks so much! All at The Dulwich Diverter

Thank you Monkey and Catherine W!

Hi all, thank you for your comments. We're really glad to hear you like the sound of the paper! A huge thanks also to everyone who has contributed their hard-earned cash to the crowdfunding campaign so far. We've raised over ?800 since 8pm last night, which is way beyond our hopes and expectations! Bawdy-nan, thank you for your question. The concept behind the Dulwich paper is the same as The Peckham Peculiar, in that everyone who works on it does so in their spare time. We believe in paying all our regular contributors for their efforts, be it journalists, designers or photographers. Paying all our staff costs a fair bit of money and thanks to the advertising support we have, we essentially break even each issue. As a result, in order to launch a new paper we'll need to raise the initial cash to fund the start-up costs, which is why we've launched the Kickstarter campaign. If you'd like more of an idea of the type of stories we cover, you can check out the back issues of the PP here: http://issuu.com/peckhampeculiar We envisage that if we do manage to print The Dulwich Diverter, it will be very similar in the style of content. Let us know if you have any more questions!

Hi all, We are the team behind The Peckham Peculiar, a free community newspaper for Peckham and Nunhead that launched in January 2014 after raising over ?5,000 on Kickstarter. Now, two years on, we hope to crowdfund the same amount again to print a sister title for the Dulwich area, covering East, West, North Dulwich and the Village. We are former residents of East Dulwich and currently live just 15 minutes away from Lordship Lane, so we know the area well. A number of our contributors live in SE22 and other parts of Dulwich. We are aware that a number of free magazines are already distributed locally, but we will be the only newspaper unique to the area and we hope we can offer something different. If you'd like to find out more about what we do, please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/dulwichdiverter Please feel free to ask us anything you'd like, either on here or by emailing [email protected]. Thanks for reading!