Disability Awareness Sunday
Theme for 2026: 'One Body, Many Parts'
Join churches across the UK – and beyond – to celebrate Disability Awareness Sunday! The next official date is 27th September 2026 but celebrate on any Sunday that suits your church!
The most important thing about Disability Awareness Sunday is that Christians reach out and include disabled people fully in community life. Catch the vision today! Get free resources to help celebrate – register below.
The 2026 theme and information is 'One Body, Many Parts' - with a new resource due out after Easter. You can already register for the resources (see below) and we can send you access to both the 2025 material now, and the 2026 materials after Easter.
The church is not complete without disabled people
The 2026 Disability Awareness Sunday resource is on 'One Body, Many Parts', reminding us that everyone, disabled or not, has a part to play in God's kingdom. It explores 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, which concludes: ‘You are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of it.'
This year's resource is being produced with young autistic Christian Triona Brading (pictured). Triona is producing a short video about 'the Body of Christ': the Church – with disabled and neurodivergent people as essential parts of that body.
Triona is a Roofbreaker with Through the Roof and one of the authors of the new book ‘Belonging without Barriers’. She is also a ministry trainee, focusing on accessibility, and the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities co-ordinator for REVIVE festival.
Let’s build communities where everyone belongs! Get free resources for Disability Awareness Sunday (DAS). Complete the form below to get on the 2026 waiting list, but with access to the 2025 resource now, written by deaf Christian author, Emily Owen.
... Just like this children's choir from Nancealverne School in Cornwall who are singing and signing in Makaton on Disability Awareness Sunday 2025 at High Street Methodist Church, Penzance.
Brenda Clarke organised this DAS service, with the Makaton choir and Brenda signing for the Deaf, so everyone could join in.Please pray: visit our 24/7 Prayer page.
What resources are available?
• 2025 DAS Resource Pack: Includes a short video and service outline by Christian author Emily Owen. 2026 resource due in April.
• First time hosting? Try our Luke 5 'Through the Roof' DAS pack – full of videos, prayers, and ideas for all ages.
• Bonus materials: Churches in the UK can also order free handouts, and nominate a Roofbreaker disability champion for even more resources.
Celebrate disabled people in a Disability Awareness Sunday service or event.
Invite disabled people to speak, include a prayer, and/or play a DAS video by accessing the free resources on the form below.
To receive Disability Awareness Sunday materials, and other helpful disability inclusion resources in future, please complete this form:
Don't miss out on free handouts! Request DAS postcards by completing the 2nd form at the link in the heading below...
Order your Disability Awareness Sunday handouts
(Click heading to read more...) There are free Disability Awareness Sunday handouts available below for UK churches to give out to everyone attending a disability inclusion service or event. The handout reminds people that everyone is made in God's image - whether disabled or non-disabled - and explains how Through the Roof helps churches and people across all disabilities...