Nottingham City Council has been given more than £100,000 in funding for new public toilets for people living with disabilities following a campaign to address the “painfully low” number of facilities. According to the Labour-run authority, the Government’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced £23million in funding to “increase the number and spread of Changing Places toilet facilities across England”.
Changing Places is a campaign working to establish a network of toilets suitable for people living with disabilities. According to the campaign group, there are a quarter of a million people in the UK who require public toilet facilities with enough room and equipment to help them get out and about.
The council bid for funding and has secured £115,000 for new facilities in Nottingham. In total, £25,000 will go towards facilities in the undercroft of the memorial gardens on the Victoria Embankment, £50,000 will be allocated to the National Justice Museum and a further £40,000 will go towards the Notts County Foundation in the Portland Leisure Centre.
