Facilities

Standard disabled toilets do not meet the needs of all disabled people – or their personal assistants.

Standard accessible toilets do not provide changing benches or hoists. Most are too small to accommodate more than one person. Without Changing Places toilets, disabled people lose their dignity and become isolated as they are unable to enjoy many public facilities non-disabled people take for granted.

Changing Places toilets are different to standard disabled toilets with extra features and more space to meet these needs.

Who can use them

Recent research found that over 230,000 disabled people do not have access to public toilet facilities that meet their needs.

In practice anyone who wants to use the Changing Places toilet can do so if they wish.

Location

Both are alongside standard disabled toilets – one in the public toilet on Lloyd Street (currently closed during the works to the Town Hall), and one on the lower ground floor in Central Library.

To use the Changing Places toilets please call 0161 234 3123.

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