when saturday comes
When Saturday Comes published its first issue back in 1986 and is now the longest-running football monthly in the UK. Its longevity is down to its unique and unerring editorial quality. Nowhere else will you find football covered in such a radical, intelligent and genuinely funny way, and nowhere else will you find as much space devoted to lower and foreign leagues as to the Premiership and the England team.
When Saturday Comes appointed Space Matters to sell ad space and sponsorship in January 1999. We’ve significantly increased revenue year-on-year ever since and we've firmly established the title with major ad agencies who want to target football fans as part of their campaigns.
Here's what Publisher Richard Guy says:
“Space Matters have done what they said they'd do: that is, hit all their targets with a minimum of hassle to us.”
raise
Raise Magazine is an online and print publication that's been around since 2007. It's a bi-monthly magazine used by community groups and companies who want to make a difference in the world we live in.
Space Matters helps to identify suitable causes, campaigns and products for the groups and companies, then leaves them to decide which ones should benefit from their time, expertise and, of course, money.
Raise readers receive six editions a year and use it to plan their group's activities, as well as advising members and employees on issues like the environment and organic living. Each issue includes news, celebrity interviews, real life stories, a day in the life of..., a charity focus, an events diary, competitions and reader offers.
alexandra rose charities
More than 250 charities, many of them very small and local, benefit from the Alexandra Rose national profile, expertise and organisational support. These charities look after the needs of children, people with disabilities, vulnerable adults, at risk people of all ages, ex-service personnel, the lonely, the elderly and the bereaved.
Since being set up in 1912 by Queen Alexandra in response to the serious social needs of the time Alexandra Rose has been known for raising money through the sale of pink roses on its Rose Days.
But Alexandra Rose has moved with the times and now, in addition to the well loved Rose Days, fundraising activities go on all year round. This is to ensure Alexandra Rose has the funds to provide grants for charities in need. Space Matters has been asked on an ongoing basis to help design and print media for their fundraising events. Space Matters has also acted as a pr agent for the charity to help drive support for their hugely important campaigns.
southwark council
Southwark Life is Southwark Council's bi-monthly magazine for the borough's residents, and Space Matters has been responsible for its print since summer 2001.
The fact that Southwark Life is a free magazine and is paid for with public money means it has to be as cost-effective as possible. We use our bulk-buying power to keep print and paper costs to an absolute minimum without ever compromising quality, and that's why we fulfill other print jobs for Southwark Council, including Together magazine.
Space Matters also handles delivery of Southwark Life to more than 50 offices across the borough.
imperial war museum
The Friends of the Imperial War Museum is a registered charity representing the five museums that make up the Imperial War Museum: the Cabinet War Rooms, HMS Belfast, Duxford Air Museum, the Imperial War Museum North and, of course, the Imperial War Museum itself in London.
The Friends raise money for special purchases and additional facilities to help all the museums fulfill their remit to ensure present and future generations appreciate the contribution made by so many to national security in the pursuit of peace.
In February 2002 the Friends appointed Space Matters to design, print, distribute and sell advertisement space in their magazine Despatches. As well as cutting the Friends' costs and handling their sensitive mailing database securely and efficiently, Space Matters has generated enough extra revenue to fund both an increase in Despatches' pagination, allow for the magazine to become perfect bound and printed entirely in colour.
club together
Club Together is a membership organisation providing free benefits and services for group organisers and their groups. Since 2008, Space Matters has been selling associate memberships for Club Together forging a link between a charity or travel trade business and some of the most active and influential groups and societies in the UK.
Much of the organisation is established online helping make Club Together the UK's largest association of group travel organisers. Its members plan and manage anything from days out & holidays to fundraising events and volunteering campaigns. Membership currently stands at 2172 organisers representing nearly 228,060 individuals.
the football supporters' federation
The Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) is the national supporters’ organisation for all football fans comprising of over 142,000 individual fans and members of local supporters’ organisations from every club in the professional structure and many from the pyramid.
The Football Supporter is their flagship magazine, currently produced six times a year during the football season and sent free to FSF members as a benefit of membership. TFS attempts to present the work of the Federation in as accessible a way as possible to entertain and appeal to an audience outside of their membership base. Space Matters has been asked to sell advertising for the publication and print the title from it's 2009 November/December issue.
back pass
The recently launched retro football magazine with features on legendary matches and interviews with past players has grown from a curious and interesting title to a serious player in football publishing in little over a year. Space Matters has been involved since the 6th issue, managing their advertising and helping to develop the title commercially.
Back Pass is read by football fans from the 50s-90s, it's typical readership is male and over 35 years old. 4000 copies are sent direct to ex-professional footballers on top of the sales it achieves of each issue in WHSmiths and Borders.
guy's and st thomas'
South of the River is the free community magazine from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust, read by people who live and work in Lambeth and Southwark. Space Matters has printed and distributed the magazine since spring 2003.
In the NHS every penny is important, which is where Space Matters' value-for-money solutions come in. We only use suppliers who can discount because of the other work they do for us, and we handle as much of the distribution in-house as we can.
We save Guy's and St Thomas' time as well as money. As a full-service publisher we know how to prepare magazines for print, an invaluable factor when it comes to liaising as quickly as possible with the editorial and design staff who work on South of the River.