Advertising with ACC

The Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC) is a UK charity that
provides membership services for trainee and qualified counsellors
and psychotherapists who are Christian. It holds an accredited
register under the Professional Standards Authority. ACC supports
and equips people involved in professional counselling and
supervision, training and management of counselling services.
Through Pastoral Care UK (PCUK), ACC also has a membership
listing and provides services to people and organisations who
are active in the ministry of pastoral care.

ACC has a particular interest in the intersection of psychological
and religious insights into mental and spiritual health and wellbeing.
ACC has a website, social media presence, a network of individual
and organisational members, and a quarterly professional journal accord.

CONTACT

For all advertising requests and queries please contact office@acc-uk.org

ADVERTISING STANDARDS

All advertising requests submitted to ACC must conform to the codes and guidance set out by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority. In summary adverts should not be misleading in any way, and should not infringe on another’s copyright. The advertiser retains responsibility for acting within the law when advertising through ACC.

PRO BONO ADVERTISING

Organisational and individual members of ACC/PCUK have some advertising services included as a benefit of their membership package. ACC are willing to notify our members from time to time of events or resources from our partner organisations on a pro bono basis that fit within our ministry context. At ACC’s sole discretion we may choose to send notifications of events, resources or services by those in similar professionals or church ministry areas, especially where these include a discount or other direct benefit for ACC/PCUK members.

ACC welcome paid advertising that is relevant to our membership and is in keeping with our professional Christian
ethos and ministry area. Payment needs to be made in advance of publication for advertising on the ACC website,
through our email, or in accord journal.

Advert type	Normal Rate	Individual ACC/PCUK Members	Affiliated ACC/PCUK Organisations
Directory Service (‘Find a Counsellor’ on website)	N/A	Free for ACC members	Free for ACC affiliates
Recruitment Advert (website* and email)	£110 +VAT	N/A	Free
CPD Event (website* only)	£110 +VAT	£45 + VAT	Free for up to five events per annum
Certificate Course**?(website only)	£500 + VAT	N/A	Free
Diploma Course**(website only)	£1,500 + VAT	N/A	Free
accord	See next section	See next section	Free in ‘In Touch’ section (see last section for details)

The quarterly accord journal goes to ACC/PCUK
members including affiliated organisations, and
others working in related fields. It is available in full
online to members and partners.

The price and size of adverts (all in full colour) are set out below. Discounts are available for block bookings of two editions or more: two editions 5%, three editions 10%, four or more editions 20%. VAT at 20% needs to be added to the prices below and will be charged unless a Charity Exemption Certificate can be supplied.

All adverts need to be submitted as pdf or jpg formats.

Size	Normal Rate	Affiliated ACC/PUCK Organisations(saving 25%)
Full inside page	£595	£445
Full back page	£815	£610
1/6 of a page, e.g. 1 column wide by 1/2 page deep	£135	£100
1/3 of a page, e.g. 2 columns wide by 1/2 page deep	£240	£180
1/3 of a page, e.g. 1 column wide by full page deep	£240	£180
One half page, e.g. 3 columns wide by 1/2 page deep	£350	£265
2/3 of a page e.g. 2 columns wide by full page deep	£455	£340

Size	Width (mm)	Depth (mm)
Full inside page (allow 3mm bleed all round)	210	265
1/6 of a page e.g. 1 column wide by 1/2 page deep	56	112
1/3 of a page e.g. 2 columns wide by 1/2 page deep	119	112
1 column wide by full page deep	56	228
One half page, e.g. 3 columns wide by 1/2 page deep	183	112
‘In Touch’ small advert	56	112

Free adverts for affiliates in ‘In Touch’ section of accord

ACC/PCUK affiliated organisations can advertise their service or vacancies in the ‘In
Touch’ section of accord for free. The advert would appear as 1/6 of a page. These adverts
are accepted on a first come first served basis.

Your advert and logo must fit into a 56mm by 112mm column.

Adverts that are too big to fit into 56mm by 112mm column size will not be
published in ‘In Touch’ but can be paid for as an advertisement elsewhere in the
journal (see the previous page for details).

It has to be less than 100 words.

We only accept bookings for the next issue of accord.