“To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to support people that are housebound due to a disability.”
Asked by
Emma Lewell
Answering Minister
the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners
Answer from Hansard
Marsha De Cordova
I welcome the timely questions from my hon. Friends as we are in the middle of Disability History Month. The Church has started a project to support local parishes to adapt their buildings to make our churches more accessible. It includes standardising signage to make accessibility obvious, training for church leaders and staff, and a grant scheme for adaptations. The Church also continues to develop worship and educational resources, which are available nationally to people who are housebound and their carers.