A new Changing Places toilet facility has opened in Lichfield city centre specially designed to improve accessibility for disabled people. It is located within the former toilet block at the entrance to Beacon Park, on the corner of Bird Street and Swan Road, and...
Yesterday, Barleylands Farm Park and Craft Village officially opened its new Modular Changing Places Toilet. The team there are thrilled to now have accessible toilet facilities for people with complex needs, and they are sure that it will benefit their visitors....
Offering expertise and support in assisting Hospital transformation THE BACKGROUND Case Study:Â Holy Cross Hospital Holy Cross Hospital Hoists Haven for Patients Holy Cross Hospital is based in Haslemere, Surrey. Established by the Congregation of the Daughters of the...
Written by Nick Kent. It is International Museum Day today. As a leading Changing Places Toilet provider, we have worked with museums all over the UK and beyond, helping to make them more accessible. A recent project that had a personal impact was the installation...
Many Care Homes are now focusing on offering their residents an indulgent experience – and why not. Living in a Care Home should be able to mean wonderful food, lovely surroundings, company and care on hand and little pampers such as hairdressing, cinema rooms and...
Astor Bannerman worked with the Isle of Man’s Manx Museum on their Changing Places toilet project in 2018. We caught up with them a few years on to find out what impact the installation of the facility has had on the museum and its visitors. What have been the...
The team at the Manx Museum on the Isle of Man installed a Changing Places Toilet in 2018. This is what they had to say three years on… “Our Changing Place has provided tangible benefits to the museum and to the local community. It has not only attracted...
We have installed a fully accessible Changing Places toilet at Edinburgh Waverley station for Network Rail. The facility, located in the travel hall, is now open as part of a drive to make rail travel more accessible for everyone. Standard accessible toilets don’t...
On Friday afternoon at Woking station, South Western Railway (SWR) officially opened the first Changing Place Toilet at one of its managed stations, a significant milestone in its commitment to making its network more accessible and inclusive for all its customers. We...
In 2021’s UK Disability Survey, the issue of transport was raised by many disabled people. Respondents stated that improved access to transport would improve their lives. This included more accessible stations (for example bus and train stations). Here is one of...
We talked to Liverpool FC supporter and wheelchair user Ross Hovey a while ago about his personal experience of being a disabled supporter, and what he thinks can be done to improve accessibility for disabled fans. How long have you been a Liverpool FC supporter?...
THE BACKGROUND Case Study:Â Bespoke Powered Seat For Lifelong Wrexham Fan Aidan Scott, a 37-year-old with cerebral palsy, had been trying to raise funds for a bathroom that could accommodate his needs. His parents had to sell their family home to buy a flat closer to...
More than 240,000 disabled people and their families rely on Changing Places Toilets when out and about in public spaces, which is why the Government introduced legislation in January 2021, stipulating that large new public building developments and redevelopments...
Ahlam Qattan, our new Engineering Manager at Astor Bannerman, has had a diverse and extensive professional journey that has led her to her current position. Starting with a year in industry at McLaren, working in automotive engineering, Ahlam quickly realized that...
A new Changing Places Toilet facility was recently installed at Somerset County Cricket Club, in the heart of Taunton. The new toilet facility will help improve the visitor experience for people who require additional support that is not met by standard accessible...
The charity Level Playing Field conducts an annual survey to find out about the barriers that disabled fans face when attending sporting fixtures. In the 2022 survey, accessible toilet facilities came top in the list of stadium facilities respondents said would be of...
A new Changing Places Toilet facility has recently been installed at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, within the National Forest. Delivered with grant funding from the Government’s Changing Places Toilet Fund with support from Lichfield District...
According to Purple Tuesday, the spending power of disabled people and their household worldwide is currently estimated to be worth $8 trillion, increasing by 14% per annum. Not only that, but 75% of disabled people and their families have walked away from a business...
Changing Places Toilets are now being installed in a variety of retail environments, from supermarket giant Tesco, to shopping centres such as Elmsleigh Shopping Centre. Community markets are also taking steps to make their retail environment as accessible as...
THE BACKGROUND Case Study:Â Guildford Friary Shopping Centre The Friary is a large shopping centre located in the heart of Guildford. As well as an extensive range of shops over two levels, it also has a wide range of food concessions on the third level. Guildford...
According to Visit England, the total expenditure generated by those with a disability or those travelling within a group where a member has a disability is estimated to be £15.3bn. Research also shows that disabled people and their families potentially stay longer in...
It is English Tourism Week this week, and one of the Cotswold’s leading outdoor visitor attractions, Adam Henson’s Cotswold Farm Park, has shown it is a truly visitor focused tourist spot with the announcement that the site now has a Changing Places Toilet. See...
Space is often at a premium in venues where Changing Places Toilet installations are being planned, and it can sometimes be difficult to find a suitable place internally to locate the facility where there is good access and enough space to allow the 12m2 of area...
Astor Bannerman recently installed a Changing Places Toilet at Clarence Esplanade car park, next to The D-Day Story Museum in Portsmouth, and it was officially opened last week. See the new toilet on the Changing Places UK map People with disabilities and their...
