The Changing Places campaign seeks fully accessible toilets to be installed in public places. Standard accessible toilets do not meet the needs of thousands of people, including 40,000 people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. Changing Places toilets have a height-adjustable changing bench, a hoist and plenty of space. Without adequate facilities, people have to be changed on a cramped and dirty toilet floor. The alternative is to limit outings to a few short hours, or not go out at all.

The Changing Places consortium believe that:

    •    Changing Places toilets should be installed in all big public places, including shopping centres, arts venues, stations and airports, in addition to standard disabled toilets
    •    planning guidance and regulations should be updated to ensure all new buildings have to include a Changing Places toilet

To achieve this, the Changing Places Consortium is:

    •    lobbying public places to install Changing Places toilets in their venues
    •    campaigning for a change to building and planningregulations so new buildings have to include a Changing Places toilet, which has so far resulted in getting Changing Places toilets included in British Standard 8300:2009
    •    mapping Changing Places

There are now 141 Changing Places toilets around the UK, but the campaign is calling for  many more of these toilets to be built around the country.

For further information about the Changing Places campaign, visit the Changing Places website
www.changing-places.org/