Communitas Publishing, the ethical and professional community publishers.
Communitas Publishing is an ethical and professional community-based publishing company dedicated to providing free, high quality diaries, directories, histories and brochures to community-based organisations such as cathedrals, churches, schools, community groups and charities. We have over twenty years experience in this specialist market and pride ourselves on providing a highly personalised and efficient service at all times.
We provide free high quality parish and community diaries and directories tailored to the needs of the relevant organisation – providing vital community based information and events for tight-knit parishes and communities.
Our History
Communitas Publishing was founded in 2011 by father and son partnership David & Tom O’Keefe. Both had worked in the publishing sector for well over 10 years and saw an opportunity to bring high quality, community focused free publications to communities across the UK. The business has gone from strength to strength over the past fourteen years and we have now produced thousands of diaries and directories for cathedrals, churches, schools and sports clubs the length and breadth of the country. With Tom driving the business forward, David took a back seat circa 2020 and finally retired in Spring 2024 after a working career which spanned six decades. His retirement is richly deserved and he will always be part of our history here at Communitas. In January 2025 the business moved premises from Halifax to the beautiful city of York and continues to provide a consistently excellent service in an ever-changing world.
The Communitas Team
Proprietor
Thomas O’Keefe BA (Hons)
Tom has been involved in the publishing industry since completing his English degree in 2003 and worked for eight years as a freelance consultant for a national publishing company. Tom also enjoyed a two-year stint working as a features editor for a national motorcycle magazine, where he was responsible for reviews, interviews and proof-reading. This experience stood him in good stead when Communitas Publishing launched in late 2011. Tom’s skills-base is wide-ranging and he specialises in new business, handles proof-reading duties and manages all our publications to print. Tom will be your first point of contact if you want to discuss a project or commission a bespoke publication for your organisation.
Design
Crawford Designworks
Brothers Dan and Luke Crawford are an experienced graphic and website design team. Drawing on their vast wealth of collective design experience across many creative disciplines they are able to offer an extensive range of design and creative services.
Luke and Dan handle the vast majority of our design work.