Disability News Service is the UK’s only specialist disability news organisation. It provides news and information about issues that affect disabled people and their organisations.
Figures from Google Analytics show www.disabilitynewsservice.com had an average of more than 160,000 users per month in 2023, while Jetpack reports a monthly average of more than 198,000 users.
The DNS website is the most trusted, up-to-date source of disability news in the UK.
Disability News Service reports on the latest UK news on:
- independent living
- employment, housing, education and transport
- campaigning and activism
- benefits and poverty
- human rights
- politics
- arts, culture and sport
- crime
Disability News Service audiences are:
- disabled people, their families and carers
- disability organisations
- social care, welfare rights and equality professionals
- politicians and mainstream media
- others interested in disability issues
Disability News Service is a leading opinion former on disability rights. Since its launch in April 2009, it has regularly broken important stories, which have been picked up by national broadcasters, newspapers and magazines, and made headlines around the world.
All Disability News Service’s news stories are tweeted and posted on Facebook, Instagram and other social media, and its stories appear frequently on the first page of Google and other search engines.
Editor John Pring is a prominent figure in the disabled people’s community. He has unrivalled contacts among leading disabled figures and disabled people’s organisations, as well as an excellent reputation within the disabled people’s movement, and in the mainstream media.
His book, The Department, based on years of investigations on behalf of DNS, was published by Pluto Press in August 2024.
RATE CARD
AD BLOCK 728 x 90
Price: £275 per calendar month (PCM), on rotation, or £400 without rotation
Position: Header, to the right hand side of the DNS logo on all pages on the desktop version, and just below the DNS logo on all pages on the mobile version of the website.
Availability: 1 position
AD BLOCK 300 x 250
Price: £275 PCM, on rotation, or £350 without rotation
Position: Top of the right-hand sidebar on the desktop version, and beneath the top story on the home page on the mobile version of the website. It will also appear at the end of each news story on the mobile version, beneath the donate button.
Availability: 1 position
CONDITIONS & DISCOUNTS
Booking Conditions: The adverts should be paid for in advance.
10% Discount: Six consecutive months booked and paid in advance. One-month rolling contract with a 30-days cancellation policy after six consecutive months.
15% Discount: 12 consecutive months booked and paid in advance. One-month rolling contract with a 30-days cancellation policy after 12 consecutive months.
Note: Advertising agencies will receive a 10% discount on top of current rates and discounts.
ADVERT SPECS
The artwork for adverts should be provided in JPEG format at the sizes booked, with a resolution of 72DPI, and must be in matte colours.
Note: DNS reserves the right to decline any artwork supplied for advertising purposes, if it feels the content is inappropriate, offensive, or may damage the accessibility, reputation or look of the website.
To express your interest in advertising with Disability News Service, please email John Pring at [email protected] or phone him (10am to 5pm, weekdays only, please) on 07776 206595.