For a grandparent’s birthday, a family newspaper gathers recent stories and photographs from the people they care about. The Relative turns text or voice-note updates into a private digital newspaper with a printable PDF. Gather the contributions and allow time for the editor’s review before you give it. Start with a verified email, choose a paid plan, then set up your newspaper. A birthday delivery date is not guaranteed.
The present, explained
One newspaper. Their favourite people.
Your family’s news becomes newspaper articles, with photographs, captions and your own words. After preparation and editorial review, the finished edition is released to your family.
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A private online newspaper
A finished edition for your family to read online, with everyone’s stories brought together in one place.
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A PDF to download and keep
Save the finished newspaper so the family has a copy to return to, from the big milestones to the small everyday news.
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A copy you can hand over
If your grandparent prefers paper, print the PDF at home and give it to them with a card. They need no app or account to read your printed copy.
The current gift is digital. Professional printing, gift boxes and postal delivery are not included or available to order yet. You arrange any printing yourself.
The Harper Herald is a fictional 10-page sample with AI-generated photographs. Your newspaper uses your family’s contributions and photographs; its content and length depend on the material and editorial checks.
One adult pays for everyone
A clear price for the whole family
Both plans include up to 20 adult contributors, the online newspaper and a downloadable PDF. Your grandparent and the other contributors do not pay separately.
Every three months
£29every three months
One edition per quarter. £29 paid upfront, renewing every three months.
A year of family news
£99per year
Four editions, one every three months. £99 paid upfront, renewing annually.
Save £17 compared with four quarterly payments.
Both are subscriptions and renew automatically until cancelled. Payment is required from the first edition. Manage future renewals in Family billing; see the service terms.
You do not need to collect essays or design the pages. Give everyone a clear invitation and a manageable request.
Planning for a birthday?Check your intended date with Help & support before committing to a handover day. Contributions, preparation and editorial review take time; a specific completion or delivery date is not guaranteed.
Choose an organiser and start the newspaper
One adult verifies their email, chooses a plan and pays. Then they enter their name, name the newspaper and set up the family.
Share the private family invitation link
Send the link from your family desk to the adults taking part. Each uses their own verified email to contribute. Keep the link within your family.
Ask for three or four updates and a few photos
A few lines or a voice note will do. Ask for names and context for each picture, and use the edition’s submission deadline. Parents can include children’s news; adults can add pets, recipes and recommendations too.
Follow progress, then give the finished edition
Your family desk shows who has submitted. Nudge anyone still finishing, and remind them to submit their update. The reporter works from the supplied facts and quotes; the paper is checked and reviewed before release. Once it is ready, download the PDF or read the edition together.
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Give everyone a small part to play
Choose one organiser and invite the adults who would like to contribute. Keep the request manageable: a few things that have happened, a photograph and the detail that makes the story theirs. Children can add news through an adult’s update.
This works for a milestone birthday or an ordinary one. The newspaper does not need an extraordinary headline: a first school play, a new flat or the allotment finally producing something edible gives the birthday reader something to ask about.
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What to ask the family for
Specific prompts tend to make it easier to begin. Send the same short list to the group so nobody feels they have to write a formal tribute.
What would you tell them if you had an hour together?
What made you laugh recently?
Which photograph would they love, and what is happening in it?
What are you looking forward to next?
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Plan the newspaper before the birthday
Work backwards from the day you want to give it. Relatives need time to send their updates, and the newspaper needs preparation and an editor’s review. Each edition has a review step before release, so this is not an instant, last-minute download.
Ask Help & support about your date before making a birthday plan. Once the finished PDF is available, print it at home, put it with a handwritten card or read the digital edition together during a visit.
Good to know
Your questions, answered
Is this suitable for a 70th or 80th birthday?
It can be a personal keepsake for any birthday, including a milestone one. Choose stories and photographs the recipient will enjoy, and check the preparation timetable before relying on a particular date.
Can the whole family contribute?
The family newspaper supports 2–20 adult contributors. Children and pets can be included through an adult’s update. Each adult shares their own text or voice note and photos.
Can you deliver it directly to my grandparent?
Professional printing and postal delivery are not available to order yet. You receive the digital edition and a downloadable PDF, which you can print and give to them yourself.
What exactly does the recipient receive?
After the newspaper is reviewed and released, your family receives a private online edition and a downloadable PDF. It brings together your family’s articles and photographs. You can print the PDF at home and give that copy to your grandparent; they do not need an account to read a copy you print for them. Professional printing, gift packaging and postal delivery are not included or available to order yet.
How much does a family newspaper gift cost?
One adult pays £29 every three months or £99 a year for four editions for the whole family or group, with up to 20 adult contributors. Each edition includes an online newspaper and a downloadable PDF to keep or print at home. Both plans are subscriptions, paid upfront and renewing automatically until cancelled. The recipient and other contributors do not need to pay separately.
How do we organise everyone’s contributions?
Choose one adult to organise and pay. Verify their email, choose a plan and pay, then name the newspaper and share the private family invitation link. Each adult uses their own verified email and sends three or four recent updates as text or a voice note, plus photographs with names and context. The organiser follows submission progress in the family desk. Children and pets can be included through an adult. Allow time for preparation and editorial review before giving the finished edition.
