Disability News Service needs new subscribers

For more than 16 years, Disability News Service has broken important stories about the discrimination disabled people face every day across the UK.

Now DNS is looking for new subscribers to help fund its work holding the new Labour government to account over its manifesto promises, as well as the gaping holes in the pledges the party made to disabled voters at the last election.

Over the last decade-and-a-half, DNS has exposed how successive governments have abandoned social care reform, refused to force the housing industry to build more accessible homes, dragged their feet on accessible transport, expanded the use of special schools, and – most chillingly – been responsible for countless deaths of benefit claimants.

And, of course, it has also exposed the actions of other public bodies, the private sector and charities.

This work by DNS has only been possible because of the generous support of disabled individuals and allies who have subscribed to the service, and disability organisations that have used its stories to power their own work.

All subscribers receive that week’s news stories every Thursday lunchtime via email, several hours before they appear on the DNS website, and organisations can also pay extra for a license to use the stories on their own websites and in their podcasts and social media.

It has been several years since DNS appealed for new subscribers, but with questions mounting over the new government’s plans for disability benefits, social care, inclusive education, accessible transport and housing, and several other disability-related areas, DNS needs to guarantee that it will be able to continue to hold the government to account over the next four years.

If you are interested in subscribing, either as an individual or an organisation, please contact DNS editor John Pring (pictured).

Individual subscriptions are only £10 a month, or £100 for a year if paid in advance. Subscription fees for organisations depend on the size of that organisation and how they intend to use the stories.

Thank you for anything you can do to help DNS continue to hold the government, public bodies, charities and the private sector to account for years to come.