Advertise with us

Children in Scotland occupies a unique position as the representative body for the children’s sector, with unrivalled reach through our connections, profile and communications work.

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Advertising with us is a great way of engaging with our membership and our whole network, which includes a workforce from a wide range of charity and education organisations across Scotland, and encompasses seven local authorities.

This page provides an overview of our main digital and print channels: our flagship members’ publication Children in Scotland Magazine and our regular weekly email News Update.

Advertising with Children in Scotland can be a great way to grow your profile, strengthen awareness of what you offer and highlight campaigns, activities, learning, vacancies and more. As part of our commitment to our members, we apply a 20% discount to all adverts and bundles booked by member organisations and individuals.

Marketing and circulation

Email subscribers: 7,000
Website users in 2024: 43,300
Social media followers (LinkedIn and Bluesky): 3,000
Member organisations and individuals: 450

Overview of options and prices

Children in Scotland Magazine

A key part of our member benefits package, our bi-annual Magazine is published in spring and autumn. Beautifully designed and visually led, it provides us with an exciting opportunity to give our members more in-depth analysis and features about the projects and people shaping the future of Scotland’s children’s sector.

We share Children in Scotland Magazine with our membership of over 440 organisations and individuals, including seven local authorities across Scotland. Published in print and digital formats, it reaches up to 25,000 professionals across the children’s sector through circulation and promotion to our membership network. The publication is promoted through our social media channels, our members’ e-news, the members’ hub of our website and as part of the wider communications of our members’ benefits package.

2025-26 advertising prices

Quarter page: £239 Members | £299 Non-members
Half page: £319 Members | £399 Non-members
Full page: £559 Members | £699 Non-members
Advertorial (full page): £639 Members | £799 Non-members

Advertising spec

Quarter page: 87.5mm wide x 131mm tall (no bleed required). Advised maximum word count: 50
Half page: 185mm wide x 131mm tall (no bleed required). Advised maximum word count: 100
Full page: 210mm wide x 297mm tall (plus 3mm bleed). Advised maximum word count: 200 (500 for advertorial)
Advertorial (full page): £639 Members | £799 Non-members

Definitely the kind of mag you want to sit down with and enjoy over a cuppa!

Sarah Neary, Communications Manager, Starcatchers

It’s great! Really engaging and informative.

Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP

An excellent production. Right down to the actual feel of the paper copy – it felt high-quality. The organisation of text and images on the page was coherent and accessible. The articles were relevant and well-edited, with a good spread of topics. It’s rare that I read such publications cover to cover, but I did with this one.

Ben Farrugia, Director, Social Work Scotland

What a cracking job you’ve done of it! I love the use of illustrations throughout. Brilliant range of topics covered and range of reporting styles too. Thanks again for sharing and well done on such a fantastic new format.

Gina Wilson, Head of Strategy, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland

I am excited by the content of your magazine and feel it will be a valuable resource for me moving forward. In fact, it has already introduced me to projects in my area and beyond that I had no awareness of. I found it easy to read, interesting and informative!

Sharlene Higgins, Individual Member

News Update

Published every Tuesday, our weekly News Update rounds up all the latest child policy news in one bulletin and has a subscriber list of more than 1,600. The specifications below are consistent for both regular advertisements and job vacancies.

2025-26 advertising prices

50 words of text, graphic and link to website: £45 Members | £60 Non-members
100 words of text, graphic and link to website: £45 Members | £60 Non-members

Adverts in the News Update can have a maximum of 100 words, display a logo and include a link to the appropriate website or email address. There may be occasions when an advert cannot be included in the e-news and we will provide an additional day or days of advertising to compensate for this. The position of the advert within e-news may be changed at any time during the booked period.

Vacancies on our website

Advertising job vacancies on our website is free for Children in Scotland members. The cost to advertise job vacancies for non-members is £50 for all or part of a week (excluding VAT).

Children in Scotland members can advertise a maximum of 12 vacancy adverts on our website during their membership year. Each vacancy advert can have a maximum of 500 words and a maximum of three links to websites / documents can be included.

Contact us

To begin advertising with us, contact Debbie Hunter, Income Generation Manager.

We’re also happy to discuss package and bundle deals for advertising with us across multiple channels. This can be a great way to grow your profile, strengthen awareness of what you offer and highlight campaigns, activities, learning, vacancies and more.

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