Changing Places Toilets with hoist and changing bench - location map

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Standard accessible toilets meet the needs of some disabled people – but not all. Over 250,000 people in the UK need personal assistance to use the toilet or change continence pads, including people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, spinal injuries and people living with stroke.

Changing Places toilets offer a solution. They are larger facilities that have the right equipment, including a changing bench and a hoist, designed to support disabled people who need assistance. In the last decade we have seen hundreds of Changing Places toilets installed across the UK, including in major shopping centres, airports, train stations and town centres.

The contact email and phone number above are for Changing Places in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. If you would like to contact Changing places in Scotland, please visit the 'Contact CPT' page on the website link above.

Use the interactive map on the website link above to find out if there is a Changing Places toilet facility convenient for you in the UK.

What we do

• What are we campaigning for? Put simply, we want to see Changing Places Toilets installed in all public venues, so that everyone, regardless of their access needs or disability or reliance on the assistance of carers or specialist equipment, can use a toilet facility with dignity and hygienically!
• People with profound and multiple learning disabilities or with physical disabilities such as spinal injuries, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis often need extra equipment and space to allow them to use the toilets safely and comfortably.
• These needs are met by Changing Places toilets. Changing Places Toilets enable anyone, regardless of their disability, to go to the shops, attend hospital appointments, enjoy community life, socialise and travel. All the things that most of us take for granted every day. Changing Places toilets should be provided in addition to standard accessible toilets.

Wheelchair accessible

Yes

Free to use

Yes