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Online event: Learning Disability and the Body of Christ
What if church was a place where everyone, of every ability, could give and receive as part of one beautiful Body? Join us as we hear one community’s journey toward belonging and mutuality, with practical insight into how total communication practices can... read more »
Pray for Disability Awareness Sunday
Can you join us in prayer? We invite you to join us to pray for disability inclusion and all the churches who registered to take part in Disability Awareness Sunday. Many churches in the UK and around the world are holding services and events: either... read more »
Online events: Coming alongside people with dementia
Don't miss the Regional Online Roofbreaker events in autumn 2025, featuring a talk from 'Embracing Age' about coming alongside people with dementia so your church is a great place to grow old. Meet with church read more »
Summer 2025 Vital Link: Love That Moves
Welcome to the Summer 2025 Vital Link newsletter from Through the Roof. Our series continues, exploring the Disability Awareness Sunday theme, 'Made in God's Image'. As the Sun shines (sometimes!) this UK... read more »
News release: Anxiety levels soar among disabled people!
Proposed cuts to disability benefits are causing rising levels of anxiety among disabled people, according to Through the Roof, the Christian charity that works together with churches and people across all disabilities to advance God’s kingdom. Lynda, a disabled volunteer with Through the Roof, currently... read more »
News release: launch of Disability Awareness Week 2024
Join the launch on Sunday 15 September The Revd Helen Cameron, President of the Methodist Conference and Moderator of the Free Churches Group, and President of Churches together in England, encourages all churches to celebrate Disability Awareness Week 15-22 September 2024. Helen will share her... read more »
Jade and John Reynolds, The Power of Your Story
On Saturday 28th September 2024 from 10.30am to noon we held a free Through the Roof online event, 'The Power of Your Story,' with Jade and John Reynolds. read more »
News release: Journey with Jesus for Disability Awareness Week 2024
Disability charity Through the Roof is inviting churches to celebrate Disability Awareness Week. Everyone is encouraged to include local disabled people and to hold a service on Sunday 22nd September 2024, or a day of their choice. A free church resource pack is available... read more »
Luke 5 Award for Parish Nurse Roofbreaker
Through the Roof’s Luke 5 Award celebrates disability inclusion in Christian life. Usually, a disabled individual makes the nomination – to celebrate how an individual, group or church has made a difference by enabling them to access Christian life in some way. This time,... read more »
Book review: Loving Our Own Bones
Becky Clegg, a Roofbreaker with personal experience of disability, reviews 'Loving Our Own Bones: Rethinking disability in an ableist world' by Julia Watts Belser In her latest book, 'Loving our Own Bones', Watts Belser... read more »