Toilet Talk At a recent seminar in Allan Park South Church, Stirling there was a presentation on the subject of toilets. It is surprising how, with a bit of care and organisation, toilet facilities within our churches can be made more useable for members of our congregations who have dementia. Professor Mary Marshall is one…
St Margaret’s Parish Church in Glenrothes has been honoured with the ‘Dementia Friendly Glenrothes’ award from Alzheimer Scotland, which was presented at their monthly All Age Celebration Service on Sunday 2 September. The accolade was bestowed on them for their work to improve accessibility in their church for those with dementia. Rev Eileen Miller of…
It is a long process following a dream, believing in a vision. At St Matthew’s Church of Scotland in Perth, we had long had the dream that everyone in our congregation would enter our church by the front door. Our church was built in 1871 and, if you used a wheelchair or had mobility problems…
“Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you” Romans 15: 7 Jesus is for everyone Worship is for everyone All are welcome How do our places of gathering, the way we worship and our activities reflect this? To make our communities and worship more inclusive we need to give reasonable consideration to how…
Most church members will know their way around their church buildings including their halls. For visitors and those members who have failing eyesight, dementia, dyslexia and other conditions, clear and informative sings are indispensable. Many churches around the country are beginning to address this challenge by the simple and relatively inexpensive addition of relevant signage…
Professor June Andrews Introduction Being a dementia friendly church is about much more than the physical building. It is about how the church welcomes people with dementia and their carers. It is about how you support them and help them to worship in spite of the common trials and tribulations that dementia brings. You can…
Rarely do two buildings have the same challenges but there is advice available. Among the many issues to be considered are; …
The team from Disability and Jesus have put together an impassioned plea for churches to apply three principles in all the literature they produce: Accessible Cool Equal Their argument is based on two premises: firstly, that many visually impaired people are embarrassed to acknowledge their difficulty in reading and go to some lengths to cover it…