NEWS
THE BRITISH TOILET ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES UK TOILET MAP
The BTA has chosen World Toilet Day (November 19th) to launch its interactive toilet map; a state-of- the-art app that can be used on mobile phones, tablets and PCs.
It’s a proud moment for the BCC as the Council awarded the BTA a £10,000 grant in 2013 to help the project get off the ground.
The map has been developed in partnership with Mencap and Pamis and has been specifically designed for the thousands of individuals in the UK who are suffering from PMLD (Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties) and will help their families and carers’ to find accessible public toilets.
The map will display the exact location of over 780 toilets across the UK and then expand the information to show opening and closing times, as well as vital information on the overall provision within each toilet for their specialised needs.
The new system replaces the Changing Places map, and will be faster and will provide greater accuracy to the actual toilet location and opening hours. The introduction of a trip planner will greatly help carers and support groups plan for extended journeys. It will also produce an accurate database showing where provision is low or lacking, and where new sites are needed.
CSSA MEMBERS DISCUSS RELAUNCH
AT LONDON MEETING Contract cleaners from across the UK gathered in London recently to discuss making the CSSA fully operational again.
The Cleaning and Support Services Association (CSSA) was formed in the mid 1960s, and at its height had more than 100 members.
It was well regarded among contract cleaning firms, but membership dwindled in recent years and in 2013
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the CSSA entered merger talks with Asset Skills, FMA and BIFM.
It was thought the CSSA would eventually become part of the Building Futures Group, but in August 2014 members decided against the merger and earlier this year it was formally ceased.
The CSSA remained a member of the BCC and even shared the Council’s stand at the Cleaning Show in March.
Former BCC Chairman, Doug Cooke, who is one of the people behind this latest initiative, says there’s a real gap in the market for contract cleaners at all levels to be represented, and
BTA Chairman Raymond Martin said: “We would like to thank the BCC for helping to make this map possible. Without the seed funding we received from the Council, we might not have been able to get it off the ground.”
BCC Chairman Simon Hollingbery added: “On behalf of the BCC I’d like to congratulate the British Toilet Association on the launch of the Toilet Map. The BCC was very pleased to be able to offer funding for this extremely innovative new app, and it is exactly the kind of project that our grant scheme was set up to support.”
The BTA is hoping that after this initial public launch it will be able to generate further sponsorship so it can continue to develop the app by adding more public facilities and further features.
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says he’s confident firms will see the benefits of becoming members.
He added that the new CSSA will focus solely on the contract cleaning sector, and argues that members will have unique opportunities to network, and be one step ahead when important innovations and developments come along.
The business lunch in the City was well attended, and now emails are circulating to inform other interested parties across the UK to get the wheels in motion once again.
If you would like to find out more please contact John Findlater at
findlaters@btinternet.com
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