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Mobility
difficulties Wheelchair users |
- accessible route into
church on flat surfaces and via two ramps
- wheelchairs can be
accommodated anywhere in the nave by moving chairs
- spare wheelchairs in
church to borrow
- communion is brought to seats in the
nave for those who cannot walk to the altar
- lifts provided to
transport people to church
- currently improving
accessibility to toilet (accessed from Tower Room)
- coffee usually served
in mugs after the service
- pastoral team brings communion to the
home when requested
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Visual impairments |
- sidesmen at the door
to welcome and assist those who need help
- large print service
booklets available on request
- large print hymn sheets for the full
service provided
- lighting system with
reduced flicker
- lighting can be
adjusted to increase or reduce light levels in different areas
- Bible readings for
following week given in notices
- sermons and ponderings available
on-line
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Hearing impairments |
- T-loop system
throughout the nave and choir stalls
- T-loop is currently
being extended to Lady Chapel
- Service booklets
followed throughout the service
- Collects and Bible readings insert
provided in Weekly News
- sermons and ponderings available
on-line
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Epilepsy |
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CFS/ME |
- soft seating area at
the back of church during the service
- quiet area in the Chapel of the
Transfiguration with benches
- quieter said (not
sung) services at 8am Sunday, 9:30am Wednesday, 12 noon Friday
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Autistic Spectrum
Disorders and Asperger's Syndrome |
- service follows
service booklet, any changes given at the beginning of the service
- lighting system
adjustable, no fluorescent tubes
- quiet area in the Chapel of the
Transfiguration or Lady Chapel
- quieter said (not
sung) services at 8am Sunday, 9:30am Wednesday, 12 noon Friday
- information and
photos on the website to research in advance
- sermons
and ponderings available on-line
- collects and Bible readings insert
provided in the Weekly News
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Reading difficulties, for example
dyslexia |
- services follow a consistent Common
Worship service format for Holy Eucharist services
- the Eucharistic service remains
constant for each season - for example throughout Advent or Lent
- main sung services use communion
settings and the same words for much of the service
- readings are printed out in the
newsletter in at least 12pt and Gill Sans font face
- service booklets are designed to be
as clear as possible
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Website designed by
Piers Northam. Last updated 28 December 2009.
Registered Charity Number 1128001
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