The Vision
‘Where Can I Go’ : Campaign Vision
What’s needed?
- An end to public toilet closures – authorities acceptance that use of a toilet is a basic human need and a Toilet Provision Strategy must be implemented in all towns and cities to ensure adequate facilities are provided
- More clean hygienic publicly accessible toilets in all towns and cities throughout the UK
- Inclusive facilities for all types of users where and when needed
- Changing Places toilet in every major town and city
- Independent audits to ensure compliance to standards , e.g. Loo of the Year Awards
‘WHERE CAN I GO?’ I’m old and I need to know that there will be a toilet available for me to go when I’m away from home.
Age Friendly Facilities
- Adequate toilet facilities for the number of users at the location
- Accessible facilities – no steps or steep inclines
- Safe facilities – attendants on duty, well lit with exposed entrances
- Facilities available when needed – not just 09.00 to 17.00
- Larger cubicles available for the ambulant with wider cubicle doors
- Shelves for bags and hooks for outer clothing
- Door handles and locks easy to use and in good working order
- Automatic or push taps
- A warm, clean, nice smelling environment
‘WHERE CAN I GO?’ I have special needs and I need accessible facilities available to me that enable me to go when and where I need to on my journeys
DDA Compliant Accessible Facilities
- DDA compliant access to the facility
- Adequate space for the user and at least one carer
- Planned to provide access to the WC, washbasin and all other facilities via a wheelchair
- DDA compliant grab rails to door, beside WC and wash basin
- Clean non-slip floor surface
- Toilet tissue, hand washing and drying facilities
- Shelf for bags and hooks for outer clothing
- Sanitary and continence pad disposal
- A warm, clean, nice smelling environment
Adult/Child Changing Facilities (for those with severe and multiple learning difficulties)
- A minimum of 3.5m x 2m to provide space for the user and 2 carers
- Separate from other able bodied toilets
- Floor with non slip surface
- Fitted with height adjustable adult sized changing bed
- Fitted with a tracking hoist system
- Fitted with a screen or curtain to provide privacy
- A wide paper roll to cover the changing bed
- Hand washing and drying facilities for carer
- Shelf for bags and hooks for outer clothing
- Sanitary and continence pad disposal
- A warm, clean, nice smelling environment
‘WHERE CAN I GO?’ I’m a young child or baby and I need family friendly toilet facilities so that I can be changed while I am away from home by a male or female parent or carer
Family Friendly Facilities
- A dedicated unisex family toilet or both male and female facilities
- Pushchair access
- Clean and safe baby change surface
- Nappy disposal
- Child friendly décor
- Low level WC and washbasin for children
- Shelves for bags and hooks for outer clothing
- Toddler seat
- A warm, clean, nice smelling environment
‘WHERE CAN I GO?’ I have anxieties about using a toilet and I need a clean and hygienic toilet where I can go and feel safe
Safe discreet facilities
- Female toilets with access separate from the male toilet access
- Sound privacy – where feasible provide background sound
- Visual privacy – install bowl urinals with privacy screens
- Modesty screening between the urinal area and other areas e.g. wash basins, hand dryers entrance door (sizing…).
- Cubicle walls and doors to ideally be floor to ceiling, but in default of that: floor gaps to be the minimum needed to facilitate cleaning
- Secure cubicles – locks that work
- Lighting that is soft in tone
- A warm, clean, nice smelling environment
