Were here to help you to make your church a welcoming space for everybody.
There are many ways in which we can take steps, sometimes very small ones, to make people feel more welcomed into a space. That is true of people of all ages but, here in the Growing Younger Team, we are trying to find ways of helping you to be creative in the ways that you make your services and events more accessible to children and young people regardless of the challenges they face. Trying to help you remove as many barriers as possible between the children and young people in your communities and God.
Here are some ideas but if you know of more, please do let us know so that we can add them to this list.
The Additional Needs Alliance – helping churches to include, support, create places of belonging for, and spiritually grow children, young people and young adults with additional needs or disabilities. Among our Members are many individuals and organisations that offer a range of excellent services and resources to assist churches and other groups working in this area to make a real difference for their community.
Christian BSL provides British Sign Language (BSL) translations of Christmas carols and for words and phrases related to Advent and Christmas. The videos are presented by Deaf BSL users who are practising Christians.
Including everyone – SEN inclusion in church children’s and youth groups
Follow this link to find the free online training video plus some other really helpful material; supporting your church in starting on a road to greater inclusion https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/
For more information, contact the Growing Younger Team at GrowingYounger@derby.anglican.org
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