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APRIL 2010 - TOTAL SUPPORT FOR ‘CHANGING PLACES’
Total Hygiene, the leading disabled toileting solutions company, has announced its support for the ‘Changing Places Changing Lives’ campaign. The campaign calls for fully accessible toilets for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and people with other physical disabilities in all large public places.
Total Hygiene, manufacturer of the top-selling Clos-o-Mat ‘wash and dry’ toilet and supplier of a complete range of inclusive washroom equipment, has been chosen by the Changing Places Changing Lives consortium as its commercial partner to help to raise awareness of the need for suitable toilet facilities for disabled people who need the help of a carer.
The Changing Places consortium comprises Mencap, Pamis, Centre for Accessible Environment, Nottingham City Council, Dumfries & Galloway Council, Valuing People Support Team and the Scottish Government. The ‘Changing Places Changing Lives’ campaign supports the rights of people with profound and multiple learning, and/or other physical disabilities, to access their community. Without Changing Places toilets(1), carers are forced to change their loved ones on toilet floors or be prisoners in their own homes.
The campaign has already seen success. Not only are Changing Places toilets
included in the new BS8300:2009 accessible building design code of practice,
there are already 116 Changing Places facilities installed across the UK. The
consortium is now campaigning for Part M of the Building Regulations to in
future include a requirement for Changing Places toilets in all large public
places.
Peter Willan, chair and CEO of Total Hygiene, elaborated, “We are supposed to live in an inclusive society, but there is almost ¼ million people with a disability who are still being discriminated against purely because they need help to undertake personal care. Current facilities just don’t have the space or equipment to enable them to maintain their personal dignity. So the need for facilities such as Changing Places toilets is vital.
“Total Hygiene has been working in this specialist market for over 30 years, and is the UK’s biggest supplier of specialist accessible toileting solutions. It is therefore fitting we lend our backing to the Changing Places campaign, not just financially, but with technical and marketing support, to help ‘spread the word’ as widely and effectively as possible, and help build the structure of a fully inclusive community.”
Brenda Mobbs, corporate fundraising manager at Mencap, added, “We’ve been delighted to help the consortium to get this funding from Total Hygiene. Their support gives the consortium the ability to seriously address the toileting needs of disabled people in the UK and carry the message through to all involved in the provision of facilities in the public environment.”
Loretto Lamb, director of Pamis and co-chair of the consortium said, “We very much welcome the support from Total Hygeine. This will ensure that we can continue to promote these much needed facilities that will enable people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their carers to do all the things that the rest of us take for granted.”
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APRIL 2010 - TOTAL SUPPORT FOR ‘CHANGING PLACES’
Total Hygiene, the leading disabled toileting solutions company, has announced its support for the ‘Changing Places Changing Lives’ campaign. The campaign calls for fully accessible toilets for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and people with other physical disabilities in all large public places.
Total Hygiene, manufacturer of the top-selling Clos-o-Mat ‘wash and dry’ toilet and supplier of a complete range of inclusive washroom equipment, has been chosen by the Changing Places Changing Lives consortium as its commercial partner to help to raise awareness of the need for suitable toilet facilities for disabled people who need the help of a carer.
The Changing Places consortium comprises Mencap, Pamis, Centre for Accessible Environment, Nottingham City Council, Dumfries & Galloway Council, Valuing People Support Team and the Scottish Government. The ‘Changing Places Changing Lives’ campaign supports the rights of people with profound and multiple learning, and/or other physical disabilities, to access their community. Without Changing Places toilets(1), carers are forced to change their loved ones on toilet floors or be prisoners in their own homes.
The campaign has already seen success. Not only are Changing Places toilets
included in the new BS8300:2009 accessible building design code of practice,
there are already 116 Changing Places facilities installed across the UK. The
consortium is now campaigning for Part M of the Building Regulations to in
future include a requirement for Changing Places toilets in all large public
places.Peter Willan, chair and CEO of Total Hygiene, elaborated, “We are supposed to live in an inclusive society, but there is almost ¼ million people with a disability who are still being discriminated against purely because they need help to undertake personal care. Current facilities just don’t have the space or equipment to enable them to maintain their personal dignity. So the need for facilities such as Changing Places toilets is vital.
“Total Hygiene has been working in this specialist market for over 30 years, and is the UK’s biggest supplier of specialist accessible toileting solutions. It is therefore fitting we lend our backing to the Changing Places campaign, not just financially, but with technical and marketing support, to help ‘spread the word’ as widely and effectively as possible, and help build the structure of a fully inclusive community.”
Brenda Mobbs, corporate fundraising manager at Mencap, added, “We’ve been delighted to help the consortium to get this funding from Total Hygiene. Their support gives the consortium the ability to seriously address the toileting needs of disabled people in the UK and carry the message through to all involved in the provision of facilities in the public environment.”
Loretto Lamb, director of Pamis and co-chair of the consortium said, “We very much welcome the support from Total Hygeine. This will ensure that we can continue to promote these much needed facilities that will enable people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their carers to do all the things that the rest of us take for granted.”
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