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Visual timetable for churches

Helping you support people with additional needs

With a visual timetable, people with additional needs can see:

  • what's going to happen
  • what's coming up next
  • what they might need to do.

This can reduce anxiety, decrease frustration and increase general comprehension and communication.

Many schools already use visual timetables with great success. Now Roots has developed a visual timetable for churches - depicting many common activities in Christian services and groups.

Read more about using a visual timetable 

  

NEW Roots visual timetable

  • 50 image cards featuring 45 different scenarios - with some activities (eg singing) repeated so that you can make a full timetable
  • Choose our handy box of cards for one-to-one support 
  • Also available as a digital download that you can project, or print at the size you choose
  
     

How to get your Visual timetable for churches

Digital download

Card pack 

£6 inc VAT

This will take you to our Shopify store.

£12 inc VAT, plus postage and handling

Card dimensions: 56 x 87mm

At the moment, the physical card pack is available to UK customers only. We're working on making it more widely available soon.

 

Please allow 1 week for dispatch.

 

 

 

 

 

Using a visual timetable

  • Choose cards to represent the elements or activities you have planned for your session.
  • Use reusable velcro tape or Blu Tack to attach the cards to a suitable display board.
  • You might wish to display all the cards at once, or you may prefer to show ‘what’s now’ and ‘what’s next’. If you're supporting someone on a one-to-one basis, you could encourage them to pick out the correct cards as you go along.

You can create your own display board or buy a ready-made one. Here are some examples of ready-made boards:

Please note: we offer these external links for your reference and they should not imply endorsement.

 

This visual timetable has been developed in collaboration with Mark Arnold, Additional Needs Ministry Director at Urban Saints. Mark's article, Going beyond inclusion, unpacks how we can move from Accessibility to Inclusion to Belonging as we welcome and support people with additional needs and disabilities in our churches. You'll be able to read it with a free trial to Roots resources.