Case Study

How a London disability charity made its first edition

Centre 404 · Islington, London

About Centre 404

Centre 404 is a disability charity based in Islington, London, supporting people with learning disabilities and their families. They run day services and community activities, and they used Community Magazine to make their own magazine.

People with learning disabilities

Served

Day services & activities

Programs

Islington, London

Location

Community magazine

Publication

The Challenge

A newsletter typed up from emailed stories takes time to put together, and it leaves out the people who don't read or write.

Collecting stories means chasing emails and WhatsApp messages

Content arrives in different formats: Word docs, emails, handwritten notes

Every story has to be retyped and formatted by hand

Members who can't type are left out

With no audio option, some voices are never heard

A printed page can't be read aloud

The Solution

Community Magazine provided Centre 404 with a purpose-built platform designed for inclusive content creation and effortless publishing.

Multi-format submissions

Text, audio recordings, drawings, and photos

Simple submission link

One URL shared with all members — no accounts needed

Admin approval workflow

Review and approve submissions before publishing

Automated publishing

Approved submissions are laid out as a magazine for you

Built-in text-to-speech

Every published story can be listened to

Bigger text and high contrast

Readers can make the text bigger or switch to high contrast

Their First Edition

Celebrating World Radio Day 2026 brings together photos, drawings and written stories.

Photos

Drawings

Written stories

Read their edition

Before & After

The old way

  • Chase emails & WhatsApp for stories
  • Copy-paste into Word documents
  • Lay out every page by hand
  • Members who can't type are excluded
  • No way to listen to a story

With Community Magazine

  • Share one link — stories flow in
  • Auto-formatted, beautiful layout
  • Approve each story, then publish
  • Voice, drawing, and photo submissions
  • Every story can be read aloud

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