Making Spring Harvest accessible for all

MAKING SPRING HARVEST ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE

Accessibility is all about ensuring everyone feels part of the event! We’re committed to making space for everyone to encounter, be inspired and transformed by God at Spring Harvest.

We have an incredible team who help make Spring Harvest an inclusive place both before and during the event, from our Additional Needs Coordinators who are available to talk to guests prior to the event to our incredible Customer Care team and trained Volunteer Stewards team who are available on-site to make all feel welcome and to answer your questions and offer assistance. We want to ensure everyone feels part of Spring Harvest and has access to the programme, both on-site and online. We got to speak to Kay MorganGurr, our Disabilities and Additional Needs Advisor to Spring Harvest, about the importance of accessibility and how we are seeking to create an inclusive space where everyone feels welcomed and included.

Here are some of the ways that we make the Spring Harvest experience as accessible as possible for everyone.

Count Everyone In:

Our friends from Count Everyone In enable us all – especially those with learning disabilities, to join in worship and explore the daily themes! Their sessions include lots of worship, Bible teaching, prayer, singing, dancing, drama, craft and Makaton signing! Their vision is to enable every individual and church in England and Wales to welcome adults with learning disabilities so that they can know Jesus and grow in Him. They will be running morning and afternoon sessions at Minehead (18-22 April 2022). Look out for their Makaton workshop too!

BSL Interpreter team:

Our British Sign Language Interpreter team are available across our breaks and make our communications more accessible to people using British Sign Language (BSL) to communicate.

For Spring Harvest Home ’21, we focused on making our online event accessible as possible. This also included our superb BSL team who provided on-screen sign language interpretation for evening celebrations, morning Bible teaching and the all-age, all-action Big Start.

Venue accessibility:

Most of our venues are accessible by wheelchair. New venues and exciting extensions at Butlin’s, including the brand-new entertainment venue Studio 36 at both Minehead and Skegness have been built with accessibility in mind, offering easy access for everyone. Our stewarding team are also onsite to help guests access ground floor venues.

Speech to text provision:

Our speech to text service helps ensure guests with either a hearing loss or who have become deafened have access to enjoy our teaching sessions. There will be a speech to text service available at Minehead and Skegness this year. For those with visual difficulties, we offer braille or large print versions of the songs to be sung during the evening celebrations, this allows everyone to enjoy the Spring Harvest worship experience.

Supporting adults with learning difficulties and additional needs:

Our youth and children’s teams will offer some provision for those who need support with additional needs. We expect all teams to have a quiet area for children who may need some time out.

There is a Disability and Additional Needs Consultant at every Spring Harvest break for anyone who needs support.

FIND OUT MORE…

Accessibility is all about ensuring everybody can enjoy the experience of Spring Harvest so do remember to contact us at access@springharvest.org if you have any questions around accessibility and this year’s event.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN OFFER, PLEASE VISIT SPRINGHARVEST.ORG/ACCESSIBILITY OR SCAN THE QR CODE HERE