NEWT | St John & St Stephen's Church

NEWT magazine

NEWT (short for Newtown) is a magazine for our community. It was launched at Easter 2013 with the aim of connecting all the communities around our Parish Centre – the Schools, our Café, our Sunday church congregation, and of course the wider local community where people live and work in Newtown and the St John’s Village area – our ‘parish’ in other words. We’ve nicknamed all the people who live, work or worship in our area as ‘Newts’, and a popular regular feature is an in-depth interview with one of those interesting people.

NEWT aims to allow people to share their lives and stories locally and to explore themes that open up the strengths and the possibilities of our inter-linked communities. Both the local primary schools are regular contributors and we have frequent inputs from other faith communities and local groups, reflecting the sparkling diversity of our area. We print over 3,500 copies four times a year and distribute them freely through the two primary schools and through letterboxes, including to the new housing from Kennet Walk to Kenavon Drive.