Advertising on the site is one of the ways to raise money for the site running costs, reward those who volunteer their time to help, and help local causes.

We have a total of 4 advertising positions on the website.

• The first is the banner (468x60) just above the articles. This is generally reserved for site sponsors.
• The second (120x80) are the small adverts on the right hand side above the directory. These are for sale, swapped, or donated, with proceeds going towards overheads, volunteers, and local causes.
• The third is another banner (468x60) just under the first article (although this is currently turned off, but may be reactivated in the future). This is generally reserved for local causes, sponsors, and competition prize donors.
• The fourth are the Google Adverts at the very bottom or each page. Clicking on these raises money to help fund the site and future development (we ask that you only click if you are interested in the advert!!)

The second (small) adverts are page specific, and appear on one or more of the following pages: Front page, the About section, the Events section, the Directory, the Youngsters pages, the Forum, the Classified Freecycle ads, the Blog, the newsfeeds, and so on.

These (reasonably priced) small adverts can either be purchased, donated (depending on the cause, and how it benefits the community), or swapped for competition prizes. If you would like a slot on a specific, or range of pages, please contact us.

Any money raised from these small local ads will be put towards site administration overheads, towards the volunteers who provide their time in approving content submissions (quickly scanning it to see that it appears fit for publication), and also towards local worthwhile causes. As time goes on, we shall keep you posted as to how much money we have raised for good causes, and YOU can select to where this money then goes.

We are confident you will see this as a positive part of our site, and welcome any suggestions to help make the site more community oriented, and to enhance its value to you, the reader .

REGISTER BEFORE 13TH SEPTEMBER AND YOU COULD WIN AN ADVERTISING PLACE FOR A YEAR!!!

More about the adverts:

• The cost of the adverts is kept deliberately very reasonable, and can be bought for a duration of 1 month to 1 year. Artwork must be supplied by yourself in jpg format at the appropriate resolution/size
• Advertising places can be either dedicated spaces, or shared with other adverts. No more than 4 advertisers can use a single slot (or alternatively you could supply us 4 images)
• Where a dedicated slot is purchased, the small advert can be linked to your website. If the space is shared, the link will simply go to this article
• The advert must be suitable for the pages on which it is displayed, and the audience who may read this.

The places and cost of the advert is as follows:

The advertisment is located on the right hand side of the page, under the newsflash.

• Front Page (dedicated or shared between 4) £5.00/month dedicated / £2.50 shared (+VAT)
• directory (dedicated or shared between 4) £2.50/month dedicated / £1.50 shared (+VAT)
• events (dedicated or shared between 4) £2.50/month dedicated / £1.50 shared (+VAT)
• forum (dedicated or shared between 4) £2.50/month dedicated / £1.50 shared (+VAT)
• about (dedicated place) £2.50/month (+VAT)
• blog (dedicated place) £2.50/month (+VAT)
• contact us (dedicated place) £2.50/month (+VAT)
• freecycle (dedicated place) £2.50/month (+VAT)
• localnews (dedicated place)  £2.50/month (+VAT)
• youngsters (dedicated place)  £2.50/month (+VAT)
• help (dedicated place)  £2.50/month (+VAT)
• newsfeed (dedicated place)  £2.50/month (+VAT)
• sitemap (dedicated place)  £2.50/month (+VAT)
• submit your details (dedicated place)  £2.50/month (+VAT)

Slots are allocated on a first come, first serve basis, and all advertisers slots will be allocated on a Calendar month basis. For an update on places left, and associated costs, please contact us.

 Additionally, if you wished to become a site sponsor, please contact us to discuss.