Churches for All

Access to Information: General Considerations

How accessible, generally, are your church activities for people with sensory disabilities?

How flexible are your communications, do you provide different formats to distribute information according to the Disability Discrimination Act?
Is there a induction-loop system for hearing-aid users and is it regularly serviced?
Do you have trained British Sign Language interpreters available?
Is everyone on your ministry team informed as to what alternative provisions there are for blind and deaf people?
Have you thought about potential difficulties caused by the use of overheads (which need to be large and easy to read) or PowerPoint presentations?

A Church that fails to include disabled people is itself disabled.

This page is a starting point. You will find questions to ask yourself when thinking about how easy to access, how welcoming your church is to disabled people. The partners of Churches for All are there to assist you with the answers.