Weds 20th August (by text) - team arrived safely, weather warm but rainy, good food and good first meeting.

Wed 27th August (by text) - Amazing trip. Loads achieved and many blessings. Over 100 teachers trained and great feedback. Leaving in 6 hours for airport at 3am Indian time.

• Follow this link to read a report from last year’s Integr8 reccie to India
• Follow this link to learn more about our International Programme
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Our Dalesdown Holiday for Families with Autistic Children — Through the Roof ran a unique holiday in Sussex for families with autistic children. Follow this link to find out more!

Integr8 is pleased to tell you about two Scripture Union holidays for disabled and non-disabled teenagers. Follow this link to find out more about the Scripture Union holidays.

Read all about Integr8’s recent ‘Influence’ mentoring event by following this link. *NEW — Follow this link to learn about Integr8 mentor Alan Whetherly *.

Integr8 recently travelled to the heat of India — Follow this link to read Tim’s diary about cows in the road & what life is like for disabled children.

TTR successfully launched its NEW Integr8 programmes with the ‘Get Involved’ event at accessible leisure facility, The Hub, Morden. See our ‘Get Involved’ pages to learn more…

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Are you looking for an active holiday and the chance to make new friends? Integr8 is pleased to tell you about two Scripture Union holidays especially for disabled teenagers. RISE is an inclusive holiday that takes place in Hampshire for physically disabled and non-disabled teenagers…

• Follow this link to learn more about the RISE holiday

Wide Open is a holiday in Somerset for teenagers with learning disabilities…

• Follow this link to learn more about the Wide Open holiday

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There are 650 million disabled people around the world. Read on to find out more facts and figures on disability and how you can make a difference.

The numbers

• 70,000 people use British Sign Language as their first language (RNID)
• There are 9 million Deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the UK (RNID)
• There are 2 million people with visual impairment in the UK (RNIB)
• There are 1.5 million people with learning disabilities in the UK (Mencap)
• There are approx 500,000 people with autism in the UK (National Autistic Society)
• 1 in every 3 customers has a disability or has a close friend or relative who is disabled (Office of National Statistics)
• 18% of the UK population are covered by the Disability Discrimination Act (Family Resource Centre)
• There are 650 million disabled people in the world (World Health Organisation)

The Needs

• “Only 2% of all disabled children in developing countries receive an education” (World Health Organisation)
• “40% of disabled people felt that teachers had underestimated their ability” (Lamb & Layzell)
• “Disabled people are typically among the very poorest; they experience poverty more intensely and have fewer opportunities to escape poverty than non-disabled people” (Department For International Development, 2005)
• “The poverty rate for disabled adults is twice that for non-disabled adults” (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2006)

In any country disabled people are the most likely to:

• Be victims of abuse
• Have poor health
• Be the victims of crime
• Be the least educated
• Be the poorest of the poor
• Not have heard the Gospel

Through the Roof wants all disabled people to fulfil their potential in God. Click on the headings below to find out how you can partner with us through:

• Praying for the work
  - Follow this link to our ‘PRAYER’ page.
• Donating financially
  - Follow this link to our ‘DONATE’ page.
• Getting involved as a volunteer with DCF holidays, Wheels for the World, young disabled people.

• Follow this link back to Integr8’s home page

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“Don’t try this at home!”

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The contents of any websites we link to are beyond our control. As such the views expressed in the attached pages are not necessarily shared by Through the Roof.

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Nothing out of the ordinary so far – except that Joshua is now working as a Missionary in Japan and has severe cerebral palsy – it affects all 4 limbs and so he uses an electric wheelchair!

His vision is to bring glory to God by being a witness to the disabled in Japan and to equip the local church to do the same.  Joshua has had struggles in learning the language, finding a carer to be with him in Japan and finding accessible accommodation but he has already seen many answers to prayer and is loving the adventure.

• You can find out more about Joshua, Jesus and Japan at his website: www.jgrisdale.com

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