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| Why do
we need more and better toilets? |
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There are an increasing number of specialist user groups, whose
lives are affected by the state of Britain’s public toilets. These
include people with mental or physical disabilities and their carers;
the infirm or elderly; people with babies or young children and
people of all ages who are coping with a range of medical conditions.
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Britain’s population has an increasingly significant ‘ageing’
profile
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Residents travel more within the country, and the number of
visitors to Britain increases each year, placing added pressure
on our existing toilet facilities
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Public health and hygiene, as well as environmental issues,
are constantly in the news, with increasing media interest in
all matters relating to public toilets
- Public toilets are the ‘shop window’ for any area or establishment
- where first and lasting impressions of levels of customer care
are made
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| What
are the British Toilet Association's Objectives? |
The objectives of the British Toilet Association listed
below will be achieved through it's campaign activities which will
be determined largely by the amount of income generated through membership
subscriptions. The more Members willing to help fund the public toilet
campaign, particularly Local Authority and Commercial company members,
the greater the opportunities for the Association to influence standards
and respond to members’ needs.
- To focus attention on issues relating to the provision of public
or ‘away from home’ toilets
- To campaign for appropriate legislation relating to the provision
of public toilets by Local Authorities
- To campaign for high standards of public or ‘away from home’
toilets in all areas, including municipal locations, health, education,
transport, leisure, hospitality and retail establishments
- To campaign for the provision of an adequate number of facilities
for women, in relation to the number of facilities provided for
men.
- To campaign for adequate facilities for specialist user groups,
such as wheelchair users, the elderly, babies and young children
and people with medical conditions
- To campaign for the provision of secure, fully attended public
toilet facilities, with extended opening hours.
- To campaign for the eradication of all types of social misuse
and vandalism in public toilets
- To provide a forum for public toilet providers, contractors,
suppliers and users to share concerns and ideas and communicate
best practices
- To provide consultancy and information services to Association
members on a range of relevant subjects
- To establish links with similar Toilet Associations in other
countries
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| How the
British Toilet Association supports it's objectives |
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