Disability Awareness Sunday

Theme: 'Made in God's image'

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 coming very soon - but you can register for the resources now and we can send you the 2025 material now, and the 2026 materials by Easter 2026. The 2025 theme reminded us that every person, disabled or not, reflects the image of God. Smiling woman wearing glasses (Emily Owen) who is wearing a turquoise shirt and a colourful scarf, and holding a coffee cup

The heart of the matter

Jesus welcomed everyone. Let’s follow His example and open our doors – and hearts – wider. The 2025 Disability Awareness Sunday resource explores 1 Samuel 16:7 ‘God looks at the heart’, and being ‘Made in God’s Image’.

Let’s build communities where everyone belongs! We can help with free resources for Disability Awareness Sunday (DAS). The 2025 resource was written by award-winning Christian author Emily Owen who lost her hearing overnight aged 21. Hear from Emily herself in the short video in the resource, to play in your church.

Complete the form below to get the 2025 resource now, and experience Emily Owen's powerful story of faith and disability. 2026 resources coming soon!

Six young people standing at the front of a church, doing Makaton signs as they sing to a group of older people, sat facing them.

Why not get your local community involved? ... 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. The children chose to sing 'A thousand years' by Christina Perri, introduced by Brenda to explain that the song is about an everlasting love: like God's love which endures forever.
If you'd like to join us to pray for Disability Awareness Sunday, 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 as 'made in God's image' in a Disability Awareness Sunday service or event.
Invite disabled people to speak, include a prayer, and/or play Emily's 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...