Resources
This Holiday "Has Woken a Passion in Me" - the Winter 2018 Vital Link
The Winter 2018 Vital Link Newsletter is now available for download - it's full of news about our Center Parcs holiday, a job opportunity with TTR, the Wheels for the World distribution to Elburgon, Kenya, next year's retreats and holidays, and much more. It... read more »
Discovering the Pastoral Heart of Christ (Ros' Blog)
When I was two years old, my parents left the south coast because of my father’s job and we moved as a family to Worcester Park. We remained there until I was six years old, and were members of Worcester Park Baptist Church. Our... read more »
Be a Roofbreaker Guide
Our 'Be a Roofbreaker' guide is a great resource for helping your church or community group to become a more welcoming and inclusive place for disabled people. It includes an introduction to the theology of disability, biblical references and sections on including wheelchair users;... read more »
8 Steps to Easier Transitions for Autistic Young People
One issue that parents sometimes raise with us is the matter of their son or daughter making the transition from one Sunday school class or youth group stage to another. Unless you work regularly with autistic young people, you may not understand the extent of... read more »
Distributing Chairs and Drawing Crowds (The Summer 2018 Vital Link)
The Summer 2018 Vital Link is now available - it's full of news about the Uganda Wheelchair distribution, where the team saw over 250 people, and fitted wheelchairs in hotel lobbies and out on the street, as well as the usual distribution centres; our... read more »
Additional Needs Friendly Children's Ministry
There is a growing range of resources available to help you tailor your children’s ministry for full inclusion of children with additional needs. Feel free to share this article with your children’s workers to encourage them with ideas to include all children. St Saviour’s Church, Guildford... read more »
Celebrating 10,000 Chairs (the Spring 2018 Vital Link)
Celebrate Wheels for the World's landmark achievement of distributing 10,000 wheelchairs, find out about holidays, Wheels trips, Churches Inc work, and all the rest of our plans for the next year in the new Spring 2018 Vital Link Newsletter - available now! ... read more »
Stephen Hawking - A Bright Star Extinguished (Ros' Blog)
I’m sure that everyone was saddened by the news last week of the death of Professor Stephen Hawking. He is, of course, best known for his amazing advancement of knowledge and understanding in the fields of Cosmology and Theoretical Physics. But he shone as... read more »
Hidden Disability, Hidden Treasure (Ros' Blog)
Recently, while doing some research on disabled characters in the Bible, I came across an interesting theory, put forward by a Jewish author, that Esau may have had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It might explain why his mother found the foetal movements during pregnancy... read more »
The Eutychus Effect (Ros' Blog)
We had a TV for only a year when I was a child, before it died and wasn’t replaced until many years later when I was 16. But the programme I most remember from that one year was the one my mother never missed,... read more »