Training and speaking
Training
We offer a number of interactive, half-day workshops to equip churches with practical ideas, skills and strategies to include disabled people. Topics include autism, mental health and general disability awareness.
In this section you can check out our full list of standard training workshops, download further information about workshops (including costs and booking procedures), and read what others say about our training. If you can't see exactly what you need, please contact us and we'll try to meet your requirements.
Speaking
You might not have reached the stage yet where you want training, for various reasons. You may feel you are the only person trying to wave the flag on this important theme, or you may just be exploring this issue as a church, or you might not have enough people to train.
We have a network of Christian speakers - most of whom have personal experience of disability - that are available to talk to your group or congregation. Every person is unique and so each speaker will bring a different perspective and can talk on such things as their own experience, the work of TTR or share a message from the Bible.
Hundreds of people have benefited from hearing our speakers and we are happy to provide this ministry free of charge, but would ask that you cover travel expenses and/or make a donation to enable more churches to hear about God's heart for disabled people.
To book a speaker, please contact us with details of date(s), location and a brief summary of what you require.
Exhibitions
Through the Roof can usually be found at the Christian Resources Exhibition (CRE) held at Sandown Park, Esher, Surrey each May.
We also attend various other exhibitions throughout the year - please stop at our stand and say hello!
If you are holding an exhibition or other event and think it would be appropriate for us to attend, please email the office.
Disability, Wholeness and Christian Theology Through the Roof will be taking part in a brand new conference in London on the 7th October. 'Enabling Church' will feature a range of speakers - including Rev John Naude and Mike Townsend (both ...
Through the Roof partnered with other disability ministries at the Christian Resources Exhibition at Esher recently in a brand new Churches for All zone. Visitors to this area were able to attend mini-workshops, including ‘Disability and the Bible’, and join in ...
Through the Roof will be at the Christian Resources Exhibition, 11th – 14th May at Sandown Park, Esher, as part of a new ‘Churches for All’ disability zone. We will be situated in a different area to usual, to ...
Through the Roof were exhibitors at the 2010 Faithworks conference where we met lots of new people who had not previously heard of our work. We were particularly promoting our new website and the free resources for churches. Next we'll be at Mind ...
Recently Through the Roof were invited to present at the annual conference of the Adventist Special Needs Association in the West Midlands – please follow this link for more information about this inspirational day. http://www.asna.info/training-conference-2009
Care for the Family invited Through the Roof to exhibit at their conference in Northern Ireland and so Tim Wood travelled there to support and encourage TTR’s small team of volunteers in the Province, to raise awareness of the charity. [Picture ...
Through the Roof will be exhibiting at these forthcoming events: Faithworks conference ‘Building Whole Communities’ to be held at Oasis Academy Enfield EN3 7XH, 26th – 28th February Mind and Soul ‘The Beautiful Mind’ conference - Holy Trinity Brompton, London SW7 ...
Through the Roof trainers are sometimes asked to run sessions within longer training courses, such as CARE's IFC Leadership Programme. Graduates on this programme gave the following feedback: Fantastic session about God's heart for disabled people. We were so blessed by your wisdom, ...
"I now feel more confident at recognising autism traits, dealing with behaviours and not blaming myself." "This workshop has helped me to understand the broad scope of what autism is and how to help the person to fulfil their potential." Just two ...
We received the following positive feedback from our training session on including disabled children at Adeyfield Free Church: "Saturday's Disability Course was brilliant... It was very professionally presented without being intimidating, you might say 'user-friendly'!" "It was ALL totally of interest and ...
Through the Roof's Development Manager, Tim Wood, along with long-term TTR trainer, Norma, ran a session on Autism for New Malden URC. Here's some of the feedback: "The whole event was enlightening, informative, clear and helpful." "Your course has been very thought ...
