Shabbat and Festivals are celebrated across all our services and are a special time for the people we support who engage with their culture and enjoy participating in the various activities and traditions. In particular, a joyous atmosphere is found in our homes every Friday night where we have developed easy read resources to help celebrate in an inclusive way.

The people we support celebrate Jewish life by:

• Enjoying special meals for Shabbat and Festivals which are sometimes supported by volunteers who lead the lighting of the candles and the blessing for kiddush and challah.
• Preparing their home for Shabbat and Festivals by laying the table, decorating their homes, buying challah and helping to say the blessings.
• The highlight events of the year are the Norwood Chanukah and Purim parties when all of the homes celebrate together.
• Joining creative activities and events both within their homes, centrally organised Norwood activities and joining their local communities in celebrating Shabbat and Festivals.

For Shabbat prayer we are proud to use the Jweb Accessible Siddur and the Siddur Lakol

For other easy read resources for Shabbat and Festivals
Email: [email protected]

Enabling and empowering the people we support to live meaningful and fulfilling Jewish lives is at the heart of everything we do. Connecting individuals with their Jewish life and culture is an essential part of allowing neurodiverse people and those with neurodevelopmental disabilities to embrace their Jewish identity in the way they choose.

Norwood works together with you to ensure that every neurodiverse person and those with neurodevelopmental disabilities feel welcomed within the Jewish community to practice Judaism in an inclusive way. To support this we provide bespoke sessions, helping your organisation to better understand neurodevelopmental disabilities and how to offer inclusive services and activities.

Contact us to get involved
Email: [email protected]