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Welcome to DCF Ribble Valley!

Alison Martin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:39:53 +0000

DCF Coordinator Jenny Edwards headed north recently to attend the launch meeting of the new DCF Ribble Valley group. The meeting was well attended, and all were encouraged and excited at the prospect of starting their regular monthly meetings.

DCF Ribble Valley will be meeting at The Rimington Institute, Clitheroe, on the first Saturday of every month, starting in September 2010.

If you would like to know more about becoming a member, or would be interested in helping the group in any way, please contact Edith Isaacs on 01772 436 714.

DCF Groups

peter — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:15:50 +0000

Here’s a list of DCF Groups through the UK — Please email Jenny at the Through the Roof office or phone on 01372 749955 to be put in touch with one.

We’ve included postcodes to hopefully give a good idea of the location of the group. Contact us for more details.

Birmingham (Haymills and Yardley) – B25
Bradford – BD4
Bristol (St Philips) Bedminster – BS3
Bristol (Chipping Sodbury) – BS37
Bournemouth – BH10
Bryn, Wigan – WN4
Camberley – GU15
Castle Point – SS7
Colchester (Highwoods) – CO4
Croydon – CR2
Dartford (Slade Green) – DA8
Forest Hill and Sydenham – SE23
Fulham – SW6
Fylde Coast (Thornton Cleveleys & Blackpool) – FY5
Greenwich – SE10
Harrow – HA2
Ipswich – IP4
Keynsham Bristol (formerly Brislington) – BS31
Laindon – SS15
Lincoln – LN2
Maidstone – ME16
Malvern – WR14
Norwich – NR7
Oldham – OL9
Rayleigh – SS6
Reading – RG1
Sheffield (Dronfield) – S18
Sidcup – DA14
Southampton – SO31
Stoneleigh – KT17
Taw & Torridge – EX21
Trent Valley – DE15
Weston Super Mare – BS23
Worcester – WR3
Worthing – BN15

DCF – A brief history

peter — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:45:56 +0000

Disabled Christians Fellowship was formed in 1959, when Frances Poole, a woman of vision, started the first group in Bristol following her involvement with friends who had a disability. In the following years others have caught the vision and the work has grown from the one group to around forty groups in Great Britain, with a lively holiday programme, a popular tape ministry & regular prayer support.

The original vision to be a conduit through which those with a disability might get to know the love of Jesus Christ continues to this day. Through group fellowship, accessible holidays and the tape ministry we offer both practical and spiritual help to all who need to know there can be a future and a hope. In 1994, the vision of Bristol supporters for a local Day Centre came to fruition. The Day Centre still thrives, now being a separate trust known as DCF Premier Workshop.

The main office of DCF is now based in Epsom, Surrey, but the contact with Bristol is still maintained through members of local groups. Today DCF is part of Through the Roof, a Christian disability organisation working to change attitudes in churches and wider society towards disabled people and disability. DCF has been changing the lives of disabled Christians through the support and fellowship it provides for people with a disability for almost fifty years. People continue to come to faith and trust in Christ through the ministry and by knowing the love and care of other Christians.

Disabled Christians Fellowship has four main programmes, local groups, accessible holidays in UK and overseas, a thriving monthly tape ministry and the DCF Hubs. The aim of each of these is to introduce those with a disability to the love of Jesus, and for those who are already believers to strengthen their faith and aid them to grow in their walk with God.