About The Point Mag

This magazine-style online guide will bring you a fresh perspective on North Devon culture. Covering the quality aspects of arts and entertainment in North Devon as well as the latest relevant news and feature articles. Reviving, preserving and nurturing the unique sights, sounds, tastes and textures of North Devon.

We aim to highlight North Devon in a new way, as a destination for cultural tourism, focusing on: Art, Music, Events, Festivals, Cinema, Theatre, Food, Health, Sports & Outdoors, Adrenaline, Surf, Retail, Accommodation and Community and Environment within the area. Making activities in North Devon accessible to a wider audience and encouraging healthy, active, expressive lifestyles. Our audience includes anyone who has an interest in North Devon, for those who appreciate a quality of life that offers even more than fresh air, green grass and golden sand.

The Point Mag will provide a platform for diverse cultural activities, with an emphasis on supporting community, promoting business and informing users.

User Friendly
Users will be able to search our regularly updated directory of local information by business name, location, category or date, to find out what’s on in North Devon. All entries to the site directory will have an easy to use platform giving you free unlimited access to update details 24/7. We believe that we have a social responsibility to ensure our website is accessible to the widest audience possible and so use all efforts to design for accessibility.

Ethical Approach
The Point mag will provide a platform for a diverse range of cultural activities, with an emphasis on supporting communities, promoting businesses, informing users, encouraging networking and sustainable living. The Point mag will be produced and managed by local people as a community project. Supporting local youth work, local charities, ethical businesses, local / fair trade and promoting responsible-tourism to highlight environmental concerns in North Devon.

Who?
The Point mag is working along side major influencial organizations in North Devon, including: The North Devon Marketing Bureau, North Devon Theatres, North Devon Festivals, NDCC, Broomhill Art Hotel and various other groups across this green land. The Point mag is working alongside these organisations in Devon in order to build the best publication possible and reach not only a local audience, but also a wider tourist market stretching across the UK and internationally.

The Point Collective (TPC) are a group of like minded friends and allies combining their creative ambitions to help support and push one another whilst acting as a platform for others.

Members or ‘sponsors’ of the collective could be anyone contributing to the site. The Point mag is looking for articles, reviews, photography, images, graphics, interviews, news, comments, ideas or tips for news items. If you are a writer, or have a good knowledge of a topic that you think will be of interest to the type of people that will visit this site, why not write an article for us. All work is contributed freely, in return you receive publicity, links or advertising (restrictions on advertising). TPC: a modern-day arts and crafts movement whose self-sufficiency and forms of sustainable production drive ambitions. - Find out more about getting involved.

When?
The Point mag website is set to be launched in 2007 when the new comprehensive site will be available. Please submit your contact details to be added to our mailing list and we will keep you up to date with this project.

How does the directory work?
In order to benefit our community, we aim to build a what's on/who's who directory for North Devon. For the site to be useful to its audience it must be comprehensive and therefore it is completely free to submit your basic details to us. You can publicise your business, band, artwork, gig, show, course, event, project, exhibition, produce, market, band, performance, club … as long as it relates to arts and entertainment in the North Devon area. Just fill in the form on our website, submit it to us and we will upload your details to the search database. All registrations prior to the main site launch will receive a complimentary enhanced listing which has an easy to use platform giving you free unlimited access to update details 24/7 when the main site launches this year. (We will inform you if the information submitted is not appropriate.) The Point mag is aware that information can change regularly. Although we will work to ensure all of the details on the site are correct, it is up to the individual to manage and update their listing. Please be aware that by submitting your details you are authorising The Point mag to display all of the information submitted on its website which will be available to the public.