{"id":89911,"date":"2021-03-04T11:53:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T11:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=89911"},"modified":"2021-03-04T11:53:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T11:53:45","slug":"changing-places-toilets-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/changing-places-toilets-england\/89911\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a330m funding for Changing Places toilets in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The new \u00a330m fund means more than 250,000 disabled people will benefit from greater access to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.changing-places.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Changing Places<\/a> toilets<\/h2>\n<p>The move follows laws that came into effect from January 2021 that made the provision of Changing Places toilets compulsory in certain new buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Changing Places toilets are larger accessible toilets for people who cannot use standard disabled toilets, with equipment such as hoists, curtains, adult-sized changing benches and space for carers.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of the change in the law and today\u2019s investment for existing buildings means thousands of people with complex needs will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/changing-places\/80417\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have greater access to public places<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Councils will be invited to \u201copt in\u201d to bid for a proportion of the \u00a330m funding so they can install facilities in their communities and boost the number of Changing Place toilets in existing buildings, for example leisure and sports, cinemas, and arts and tourism venues.<\/p>\n<p>This programme will be delivered in partnership with the charity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musculardystrophyuk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Muscular Dystrophy UK<\/a>, co-chairs of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.changing-places.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Changing Places Consortium<\/a>, who will provide advice to support councils in their delivery.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cFor too long, the lack of suitable toilet facilities has meant disabled people have faced major difficulties when they shop, go out, or travel and this should not be the case.&#8221; &#8211; Luke Hall<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Regional growth minister Luke Hall MP, said: <\/span>\u201cThis programme is a significant investment from government that will help bring major, life enhancing freedoms to those people who have specific needs. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kerry Thompson, Changing Places campaigner, said:\u00a0\u201cThe biggest challenge I face when going anywhere outside my home is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.changing-places.org\/find_a_toilet.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">locating a Changing Places facility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey really do make a world of difference when planning days out so today\u2019s announcement will open up a whole new world for the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis wouldn\u2019t have been possible without support from Muscular Dystrophy UK, co-chairs of the Changing Places Consortium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKnowing I have access to a Changing Places toilet lets me enjoy myself without having to worry about finding an accessible facility that can accommodate my needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe additional funding from the government to improve facilities in existing buildings across England will give me and my husband the freedom that so many disabled people are desperate for.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cToday\u2019s announcement of \u00a330m worth of funding to improve facilities in existing buildings is fantastic news for disabled people across England who need Changing Places toilets.&#8221; &#8211; Robert Burley<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Robert Burley, director of Campaigns, Care and Support at Muscular Dystrophy UK, said: \u201cEveryone has the right to use a public toilet when they need to, and these accessible toilets vastly improve a person\u2019s independence and make planning days out much easier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a big step towards tackling the exclusion that many disabled people, including those with muscle-wasting conditions, experience when they are out and about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s announcement would not have been achieved without everyone working together, and Muscular Dystrophy UK is particularly grateful to the hard work of our extraordinary campaigners and the members of the Changing Places Consortium.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new \u00a330m fund means more than 250,000 disabled people will benefit from greater access to Changing Places toilets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[306],"tags":[580,429,594,279,276],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-89911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-building-control-news","7":"tag-accessible-environments","8":"tag-building-control","9":"tag-building-design","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-government"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00a330m funding for Changing Places toilets in England<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The new \u00a330m fund means more than 250,000 disabled people will benefit from greater access to Changing Places toilets across England\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/changing-places-toilets-england\/89911\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00a330m funding for Changing Places toilets in England\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new \u00a330m fund means more than 250,000 disabled people will benefit from greater access to Changing Places toilets across England\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/changing-places-toilets-england\/89911\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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