Media Contacts - District / Borough Council Magazines

Note: ideally the story should include a reference to Babergh Council, it should be relevant (of interest) to the whole district, and satisfy one of the council’s 5 objectives:
• raising individual and community ambitions
• safe clean and sustainable environments
• promoting healthy living
• increasing supply of affordable housing
• giving easy, convenient access to services.

It has a couple of pages for community stories. They should be a maximum of 150 words, and the council likes to include a picture. The magazine is distributed to 26,000 homes, that's potentially a lot of readers. It does have a what's on listings section, but the deadline for inclusion is earlier than the editorial section, so it's best to contact Sally Rode.

There's a lot of competition for space in the magazine so if your story involves working with St Edmundsbury Council (either through funding or partnership), you stand more chance of success. Stories should be 100-150 words long, and have contact/email at the bottom.

It's a 16 page colour, glossy magazine that's delivered to 55,000 homes. Again stories should be maximum 150 words long, with a nice picture. The council is particularly keen to receive stories from all of the market towns.

It mainly covers stories about the council but if you've received a grant from the council its worth sending in a report about how the grant has helped your group.

The council is keen for stories from charities and partner organisations that have a link with the district council. Photos and stories around 150 words long should be sent in.