The community magazine for Sleaford and surrounding villages
October at Your Local Lincs
Heading into the final quarter of the year, we find a month with some of the best days of the year, not the least of which is the very first day. This, of course, is the magnificent Lincolnshire Day! A day where we dress up in yellow and eat sausages? On the other bookend we have the delightful theatrics of Halloween, but what about in between these two days? Well, one of those particular dates happens to be National Poetry Day, which occurs on the first Thursday of October. We’ve discovered many talented scribes in our distribution area this year, publishing their short stories over the months. This month we’re handing the microphone to all the local poets. Among them we have an actual poet laureate who chatted to us for October’s Let’s Talk Local and wrote us a poem with a Lincolnshire theme. We found your poetry submissions so inspiring, and our designer Mel really went to town creating striking images to decorate those pages. Make sure to pick up your October YLL and enjoy what we’ve put together for you!
The Widdershins Witch Hunt is back on in Sleaford, taking place inside Cogglesford Mill this time, and our good friends at Navigation House are launching the Riverside Guardians, tasking youngsters with the goal of collecting rubbish along the Slea and keeping the place tidy. Litter was also the theme of Sleaford author Lee Graham’s new book, Nature Rules, a signed copy of which you can win in the October magazine! You can also win some poetry books in our other competition. With our monthly giveaways we really are the magazine that keeps giving.
We actually had so much going on this month that we added extra pages to the magazine, for the first time in about a year. Although this naturally means more work for us, we love it when this happens. One of the reasons we had to increase pagination was because of the many new businesses coming to us asking to take out an ad, places like the fab Tilly’s Tea Shop in Metheringham, Cranwell Village Room Hire, and New View Windows. So when are you going to join the party? Our readers look forward to receiving the latest YLL and so they make sure to pick us up. Wouldn’t you like to get your business name in front of their eyes? Get in touch and have a chat and let's see what we can do. We’re only a phone call / email / Facebook message away.
Enjoy the poems, enjoy your Lincolnshire plum bread, have a happy Halloween, and we'll see you next time!
YOUR LOCAL LINCS TEAM
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Advertising
We’ve had the pleasure of working with Your Local Lincs for a couple of years now, and it’s been an absolute delight! Visitors to the mill frequently mention they found us in the magazine.
Rich and the team are great to work with and often pop along to our events to support us and take photos. Their professionalism, attention to detail and willingness to support local events and businesses are commendable, and truly appreciated.
From start to finish, they’ve demonstrated an understanding of our needs and consistently support us, bringing a level of passion and enthusiasm that is infectious.
Working with Your Local Lincs has been an enjoyable experience and we look forward to continuing our partnership in the future. Highly recommended!
Sleaford Town Council have been advertising with Your Local Lincs for approximately 8 years. We initially advertised to let people know about the rooms we had for hire at Sleaford Town Hall and this has progressed into us having a regular slot in the publication. We have a full news page every other month in Your Local Lincs and all our event posters are also published.
We definitely notice that residents of Sleaford and the surrounding villages are seeing what we publicise and we are also able to share the information on our social media pages using the magazine links on the Your Local Lincs website.
The publications each month are full of useful information and we would definitely recommend Your Local Lincs to anyone! The staff couldn’t be more helpful, friendly and communicative. What more could you wish for!
Advertising in Your Local Lincs magazine has been an essential part of our marketing strategy in opening up a new Sleaford business. Response from advertising was almost immediate and played a vital part in getting us noticed in the area. The Accounts team were very flexible and helpful with their advice throughout the process.
I couldn’t be happier, I launched my new craft business with Local Lincs at the start of 2021, and within the first 3 months of adverting it generated direct custom that paid for the whole 12 month package!
I would definitely recommend a full page to help a customer understand what you offer as a business, as I found as a niche craft business it has been invaluable to help my customers understand better what I can offer, and even attract those who would not have thought of using my craft skills before.
The team at Local Lincs are fantastic and will help to identify best placement for your advertising, advise on font and picture sizes so that your advert can be seen. They will also advise the best advertising timings through the year so you can maximise your advertising package with them.
Every time I speak to customers they say they got my number from this magazine!
The advertising is working really well in the Local Lincs Magazine!
“I decided to advertise my new business venture with Your Local Lincs, after only a few months, I am in a position where I am looking to expand the business in order to fulfill all the business that I am receiving.”
“It’s the best place to advertise – I think it’s brilliant! I don’t advertise anywhere else!”
“As our main show room is not on the high street this publication acts as our shop window to the public.”
“We’ve advertised with Your Local Lincs since it first started and we have continued to find this the most successful form of advertising.”
“Advertising with Your Local Lincs pays for itself. People like to use a local tradesman and this is the best place to advertise in our area.”
Leaflets
“Our recent leafletting campaign with Your Local Lincs has been a great success, with many new PC Support customers and several businesses wanting new web sites. I will definitely be using Your Local Lincs to distrubute my leaflets next time”
Recent Past Issues
Winter Clothing Donations
The work of Lincolnshire Action Trust is focused on the care, resettlement and rehabilitation of prisoners and those at risk of offending, as well as the welfare of their families and dependents. A significant number are released homeless and many do not have adequate clothing. To be able to walk out with the right clothing makes a huge difference. Every piece of clothing that is donated is gratefully received by the men, who don't have the means to buy anything for themselves.
If you have any men's winter clothes, shoes or boots that you would be happy to donate, please bring them to YLL HQ: 11 Pride Court, Pride Parkway, Sleaford, NG34 8GL. We are open Monday to Thursday 10am - 2pm. The items must be clean and in a bag, box or container that you no longer need.
Help equip men for life on the outside. Thank you.
Your Local Lincs Magazine is a high quality, compact magazine that bridges the gap between local newspapers and regional lifestyle magazines.
Printed in full colour throughout, it contains a range of interesting and relevant news and features about your local area. As well as providing a one-stop shop for useful information such as what’s on, community news and information.
Now in our 19th year, we have an impressive monthly distribution of 20,800 homes and businesses. The magazine content has a bit of something for everyone.
Additionally, it provides suppliers of local goods and services with an affordable and effective means of advertising their services to the community. In turn our readers are encouraged to use retailers, suppliers and tradesmen from the local area, helping both the local economy and the environment in the process.
Our very competitive pricing enables local businesses to have a presence in a quality publication and to reach out to thousands of homes within a target area.
If you're a local business looking to get your name out there, give our office a call or visit our 'Advertise With Us' page. We will happily advise you on how we can help you promote your business to local people, with our prices starting from just £32.00+ VAT per issue.