LOCALISING GOOD NEWS - PRICE & PROCEDURE  Localised version p1


Good News is an excellent way to reach your community with God's good news, but by adding your church or organisation's details or local message to the paper you can build a stronger presence in your locality and attract people to your church services or outreach event. 

There is a box on the back page for stamping or sticking your church or organisation's contact details, message or invitation - which we recommend doing so that readers can contact you to either ask more about the Christian faith or to ask you to stop delivering to them. But if you have a large order and would prefer to have those details professionally laid out and printed directly onto the paper - across the entire bottom of the back page - we offer a localisation service for that at Christmas (December issue) and Easter (usually the April issue but sometimes March), when you will also be able to have a short local greeting printed across the top of the front cover at no extra cost.

Minimum print run: 1,000 copies.

What you get:

1. Your message/invitation/service details/contact details in the large space at the bottom of the back page (see example below),  Localised version p8and a short greeting at the top of page 1 for Christmas and Easter issues only (see example above). We suggest 200 words maximum for the back cover, to avoid it looking too crushed. Your church name can be printed on the front cover, or a short seasonal message like 'With the Compliments of Anytown Evangelical Church', 'Anytown Special Easter Issue', 'A Gift from St Peter's Church, Anytown', 'Christmas Greetings from Anytown Baptist Church', etc.

2. Proof provided for you to check. Note: If your approval is not received in time for the printing, it will not go ahead.

Cost: 

The price includes everything: the papers themselves, plus layout, printing, proof and delivery. Please note that for orders of 3,500 and over, the overprinting is FREE (i.e. it is the same price as ordering the normal issue).

  • 1,000 copies: £300
  • 1,500 copies: £400
  • 2,000 copies: £500
  • 2,500 copies: £600
  • 3,000 copies: £700
  • 3,500 copies: £763*
  • 4,000 copies: £872*
  • 4,500 copies: £981*
  • 5,000 copies: £1,090*

*Same price as for same quantity of the normal issue.

Please note these prices are for UK mainland only (other areas may incur an extra charge) and may change - check with Editor for latest. For non-mainland UK, please ask for a quote.

Deadlines: 

If you would like to book a localised version of any particular month's issue, please contact the Editor (see below) at least six weeks in advance of publication date. The Editor can also tell you the last date for booking a localised issue, the last date by which you need to supply text and copy, and the last date by which we need your approval of the proof in order to get your issue printed on time. Obviously, to be in advance of these deadlines is helpful.

To book your localised issue:

Please contact the Editor, Andrew Halloway, by email (see the Contact section of this site for an email form or his email address in Good News on page 6).