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hubs, shopping centres, venues, there is no reason for that not to be the case: after all, the need has been identified and a best practice solution has been set out in BS8300:2009. If we as building designers and procurers do not take up that best practice, then are we not choosing to exclude members of our society, their families and carers? However, it has to be acknowledged that Changing Places
do require a significant amount of space and to many smaller individual retailers, hospitality and entertainment venues that we go to regularly – the supermarket, the cinema, the coffee shops, the restaurants – the degree of space and cost required can be quite a commitment in proportion to the building capacity, and particularly difficult to achieve within the con- straints of existing building fabric. So, Changing Places campaigners, with the help of one of
Britain’s leading accessible toilet solutions companies Clos-o-Mat, have come together to produce additional, new guidance. The new Space to Change campaign sets out principles on how the standard wheelchair-accessible toilet specification could be upgraded to provide something closer to a Changing Places toilet, but without such a large increase in floor area, simply adding an adult-sized bench and hoist. In face, Space to Change actually provides a workable
solution to what is already described in Building Regulations Approved Document M 2015 Section 5: “Toilet accommodation needs to be suitable for all people who use the
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building... where there is space for only one toilet it is of wheel- chair accessible unisex type…in large building complexes such as retail parks there should be one wheelchair-accessible unisex toilet capable of including an adult changing table”. As an architect passionate about inclusive design, I’m
hoping that we can encourage out clients to see it as a positive step to upgrade their facilities. To make those reasonable adjustments. Make their buildings welcoming and inclusive. Often the focus of discussion can be negative, clients are concerned about cost and loss of area. However, the nominal expenditure will be quickly amortised by the potential increase in patronage by disabled customers and their friends and families, if the facility is effectively promoted. People like us, people with greater accessibility needs, want to get out and about and enjoy our built environment, spend money, as much as the next person. Research tells us that already, up to 20 per cent of the average
business’ customer base is disabled, and the purple pound represents £80 billion to our economy. We will go to the supermarket, shop, restaurant, leisure centre, tourist attractions, where we know that our children, friend, partner, parent can be changed comfortably. We will stay there longer, and therefore spend more money. As designers, we need to be thinking about toilets more – in
order that everyone else (families like mine) can stop having to think about them so much!
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