Vocem

We are a new social enterprise developing tools to strengthen place-based awareness and engagement.

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Strong local democracy helps to decrease polarisation and extreme views, and engagement with local journalism is essential to maintaining a strong local democracy. Developing a commercially viable app that fills an unmet user need while increasing civic engagement

Org. type: For-profit business / social enterprise / B Corp
Project type: Tool or platform
Language(s): English
Categories: Journalism, Local news, Media
Added: 2025-02-20
Last modified: 2026-07-12T16:45:07.000Z

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