Welcome to Lichfield Live, home to all things Lichfield and Burntwood since January 2009.
The site – originally known as The Lichfield Blog – has gone through a rollercoaster of a ride but we’re now settled into our corner of the internet. Our family of publications has grown to two as well since we added The Lichfield and Burntwood Independent newspaper in 2024. Initially a four-edition trial, it has now become a fortnightly staple of the local media landscape with 9,000 editions distributed across the local area.
Any revenue we generate goes into covering costs such as hosting as well as investing in equipment to support the work our contributors do. In fact, as an incorporated Community Interest Company, unlike many other publishers our constitution means we can’t pocket any profits we do make. Our ownership is completely transparent too, with our board of directors shown on the Companies House database.
We also won’t take advertising from companies and organisations who don’t have a local link. So please, if you enjoy reading the site or our newspaper, do try to support our advertisers if you possibly can. Without them, our site would not be able to provide trusted local news to keep communities updated.
On the subject of contributors, we are absolutely indebted to them for their support over the years (and in the future too!) – but we’re always looking out for more people to get involved, so make sure you get in touch if you have something to say or if you think your community group or organisations deserves to be heard about. It doesn’t matter if writing isn’t your thing – we’ll work with you to get the best coverage possible.
Right from the very beginning, the site has been about providing a service for people across Lichfield and Burntwood. As a result we don’t always subscribe to the idea that it’s all about news – there’s also a focus on providing interesting and informative content.
As part of our efforts to ensure the long-term stability of our publications, we moved to a new website (that you're now reading) in 2026. This offers us a range of new options to deliver content and find ways to make our efforts financially sustainable through advertising and paid access to elements such as digital versions of our newspaper. But rest assured, our core business of providing news for a local audience will be free through this platform for as long as we can generate enough income to keep paying the bills!
We’ve got plenty of plans going forward to improve the site and help empower the wider community to join in the fun we’re having – so keep your eyes peeled to see what we’re up to next.
And if you need to contact the site or fancy contributing anything at all you can email us via yournews@lichfieldlive.co.uk.
If you're interested in advertising, contact us at adsales@lichfieldlive.co.uk.
