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	TX: 01.06.05 - Disability Magazine PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON

	Downloaded from www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 THE ATTACHED TRANSCRIPT WAS TYPED FROM A RECORDING AND NOT COPIED FROM AN ORIGINAL SCRIPT. BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF MISHEARING AND THE DIFFICULTY IN SOME CASES OF IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS, THE 麻豆约拍 CANNOT VOUCH FOR ITS COMPLETE ACCURACY. ROBINSON There's a new bi-monthly colour magazine for people with disabilities. All Together Now! is being distributed free in the North West of England and in North Wales . It's the work of Tom Dowling, who edited an award-winning supplement for readers with disabilities when he worked at the Liverpool Echo. Tom, who uses a wheelchair himself after being shot and robbed while on holiday some years ago, joins us now from our Newcastle studio. Tom, the new magazine has grown out of the Echo's supplement and that supplement began with a column of yours, tell us the story. DOWLING Yeah that's right. Well when I was 20 I went across on an overland journey with a few friends to Kathmandu and once we were on our way back we were attacked in Iran . I got shot, along with another friend, but luckily we lived to tell the tale. And I was a journalist - I'd just finished my training as a journalist before we went, made the decision to go on that journey and when I got back I was lucky enough to get a job on the Liverpool Echo. One of the greatest problems disabled people face is lack of information and with me being in such a privileged position at the Echo it led me to start this column called 'I Can Do That', which really was all about helping people and telling people just what was available and the opportunities that existed. ROBINSON Well as I said the Echo then produced a supplement, which was an award-winning supplement, they didn't however find it was financially viable and that was wound up, what makes you then think that you can do better? DOWLING Well hopefully because we're now a registered charity the pressures on us aren't probably as great as they are on a commercial company and we are at the moment trying to form links with the NHS, all our councils throughout the North West and we feel that we've got a pretty good chance of succeeding by implementing a few improvements. And they are that we're going to triple the circulation from 20,000 to 60,000, we're getting it in a much more mainstream setting, such as supermarkets, libraries, schools, sports centres, we're broadening the appeal of the publication, so that it's not just aimed at disabled people but in fact it'll be helping carers, it will be particularly aimed at people over 50 to take in the kind of problems and issues that they face. ROBINSON Well we've spoken to one of your readers, Ron Duckworth, he helps to distribute your magazine in Liverpool hospitals. DUCKWORTH Useful advice, [indistinct word] people's stories, organisations, phone numbers, addresses - it's very comprehensive. At the same time it's easy to understand, it's detailed, it's inspirational, it's worthy - words fail me, the impact it has you know. It's relevant to professionals and disabled people alike. It's a mine of information. And if you're not going to let anything stand in your way this is just the ticket and it's inspiring - may I just add. I hope it flourishes because it deserves it. ROBINSON Ron Duckworth. Tom, you said that you would broaden the definition to include as many - of disability - to include as many people as you can but the broader you make that definition isn't it harder then to truly find something that is for everyone? DOWLING I guess that's a nice challenge for us to have, yeah but there are so many people who are faced with obstacles, small obstacles, that if they can find the solutions to them they would find so many more opportunities in life. ROBINSON And briefly if you would, people who are listening - how can you get a copy? DOWLING They can either go on to our website, which was funded through Liverpool Chamber of Commerce's Mersey Broadband scheme and that is - which you probably have details of that. Or they could write to us and we will send them a copy. ROBINSON Tom Dowling, thank you very much indeed. And the address and the website address for All Together Now!, will be on the You and Yours website later on today. Back to the Transcripts homepage Back to the You and Yours homepage The 麻豆约拍 is not responsible for external websites

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