The www.localjournal.co.uk website has been created mainly because I'm currently editor of my local village newsletter and it's useful to have some way of communicating with the various organisations.
The basic idea is that anyone can register themselves, add venues and organisations, and then add events, notices and even features. The 'big idea' is that if enough people from neighboring villages use the site then newsletter editors, like me, could then choose events and notices from an online pool of stuff.