Over 1600 copies of the magazine are produced each month.   We aim to deliver to every house in Repton, Foremark, Milton, Ingleby and Newton Solney.   Although most of the work is done by volunteers, there are still substantial costs. We are very grateful for the financial support of our readers, which this year amounts to about £3,165; we could not continue without it.

Our aim is to serve our local community.   Priority is given to information about matters in Repton, Foremark, Milton, Ingleby and Newton Solney, to adverts for local social and charitable events, and then - if there is space - to local businesses.   We often have space for articles of local interest submitted by readers, and sometimes for articles or adverts from further afield.

Non-residents

If you do not live in the village and have the magazine delivered, copies are available in the rack by the church door. Do take one when you come to the service.

If you live further afield, have a long-standing connection with Repton, and would like to receive the magazine by post, please use the contact form to contact us.   There is a charge for this.

Copy

Editorial copy for the Parish Magazine should be delivered on disk or paper to 1 Milton Road, or to the editor. Please mark envelopes 'Magazine'.   If possible, please type.   The copy date is usually (but not always!) the Wednesday before the 3rd Sunday of the month.   You will find it at the end of the small ads.   All material (including advertising) may be edited.

Advertising

All aspects of advertising are at the editor's discretion.   Content must be decent, fair and truthful.   Assertions and claims must be factual and verifiable.

Commercial advertising in the Parish Magazine is intended for local firms and meant as a service.   That's why it's cheap.   Individuals living and firms based within our distribution area have preference at all stages.

Small Ads

New ads restricted to the shorter of 50 words or 3 lines.   8p per word, per month, prepaid, minimum £1.   Please send copy, contact details and a cheque in favour Repton P.C.C. to Neil Cumming, 8 Main St, Repton DE65 6EZ, t: 01283 702614, .

Professionally Printed Display Adverts

We carry 13 A5 pages of advertising.   These are printed annually and revised each November for the following year. There is always a waiting list.   For 2012, the annual cost of professionally printed display adverts is £157 (half page, app. 11.7 cm w * 8.5 cm h), £78 (quarter page, app. 5.8 cm w * 8.5 cm h), £53 (a sixth of a page, app. 5.8 cm w * 6 cm h) and £62 (a sixth of a page on the back cover).   A quarter page is half the height of one column in a two column layout.   Similarly for a sixth.  Not all sizes will be available.

The ad will be printed as you send it.

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Duplicated Display Adverts

This option is open to: village and charitable events; people who are starting a small business within or very close to our distribution area; businesses which join the waiting list for a printed ad.   (The area here may be wider.)   Events come first.

For businesses, the shorter the advert (vertically), the more likely it is that we can find space for it.    It will not be every month; what we mostly do is 3 or 4 ads reasonably spaced over the course of a year.   We don't guarantee to include it in any particular month, but if your business is seasonal, tell us and we will try to fit in.

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Adverts for local charitable events are generally free.   (If you are not sure whether you come in that category, the editor will advise.)   Otherwise, for duplicated adverts the monthly charge is pro rata to £30 per page, so £10 a third of a page, and £7.50 a quarter of a page.   Duplicated adverts cover the page width, so a third, quarter etc. refer only to the height.   The printed page width is 12 cm.

The formatting will be simple and conform to a 'house' style   (see below.)   A short ad setting out the simple facts is enough.   The aim is to get your message across effectively, but without taking unnecessary space or 'shouting'.   We will do our best to present your advert attractively.   We may or may not be able to use the ad as you send it, but note: