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About 24dash.com

24dash.com is the UK's most up-to-date Social Housing and Public Sector news website, combining national coverage from the Press Association and our team of professional journalists with press releases loaded direct by housing associations, local authorities, charities and other relevant organisations.

Launched in October 2005, 24dash.com now has a targeted audience of more than 95,000* unique users a month.
(Source: Google Analytics)

24dash.com delivers its content through a range of media including RSS feeds and a monthly housing podcast.

News and pictures are well optimised in search engines, including Google News, allowing contributors and advertisers to reach an audience of thousands across the UK and all over the world.

24dash.com issues a regular newsletter to keep registered users up to speed with what's happening on the site.

The Your News area is a unique part of 24dash.com, boasting thousands of stories sent by more than 400 local authorities, housing associations and charities.

The sections on 24dash.com include:

Housing: incorporating all the latest social housing news from the Chartered Institute of Housing, the National Housing Federation and the Housing Corporation as well as press releases from over 80 housing associations, ALMOs and regeneration organisations.

Local Government: providing a snapshot of what is happening in local government right across the UK.

Communities: covering everything from regeneration to anti-social behaviour. This is also the place where readers can find news from the 'Third Sector' as well as some of the more off-beat stories from around the country.

In addition, 24dash.com has sections on Education, Health, Central Government, Bill Payments and Environment.

24housing magazine

Our mission is to inspire, inform and entertain housing professionals with a rich mix of news and views, celebrating the humanity at the heart of social housing.

Combining lively, offbeat, human interest-based features with examples of best practice from across the sector, 24housing is a must-read magazine for all professionals working for and with the social housing sector.

Free to 24dash.com subscribers

24housing is free to all 24dash.com Standard and Pro subscribers and comes as part of an overall resource to provide you and your organisation with affordable recruitment, a press release service and the latest housing news, generated by fellow professionals in your sector.

You're in control of your news

Through 24dash.com you are in complete control of how you deliver and receive the news most relevant to you and your organisation.

Not only can you post your organisation's news, jobs and press release directly to 24dash.com, you can also control your organisation's 24housing subscriptions online, ensuring the right people are informed.

As a Standard or Pro subscribers you can receive up to 4 and 8 magazines respectively, each month, and are free to distribute them to selected colleagues, all managed through your 24dashboard.

Visit www.24dash.com/signup to begin or www.24dash.com/findoutmore to learn more.

Existing users

To enable you to easily distribute 24housing to your colleagues upon its launch, if you are an existing Standard and Pro subscriber, please ensure your details, and those of your colleagues, are up-to-date.

Subscriptions and advertising

Individual annual subscriptions are available for £40.00 as a special introductory offer*.

Please contact 01432 852 331 for more information.
For any advertising opportunities or if you have any views or queries please call the team on 01432 852 476

*Normal price, £3.95 per issue.