Changing Places

Changing Places are toilet facilities in the UK for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and physical disability. Everyone deserves access to safe, dignified and accessible toilet facilities.

You can find out more about Changing Places here.

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What is a Changing Places toilet?

A Changing Places toilet is a larger accessible toilet with:

  • A changing bench
  • A hoist
  • More space for a wheelchair
  • Room for carers to help

These toilets help people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and physical disability.

Why are they important?

More than 240,000 people in the UK need a Changing Places toilet.

Without them, some families and carers have to help change someone on a toilet floor.

  • This is not safe.
  • This is not inclusive.

How can you help?

You can:

  •  Support the Changing Places campaign on Facebook
  • Write to your local MP
  • Tell other people why more accessible toilets are needed

Find Out More

Learn more about the Changing Places campaign and to find your nearest Changing Places toilet.

Everyone deserves access to safe, dignified and accessible toilet facilities.

Changing Places toilets support people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, and physical disability by providing the specialist equipment and space they need. Yet for over 240,000 people in the UK, access to these facilities remains essential for everyday life.

Without Changing Places toilets, many families and carers are left with no alternative but to use a toilet floor to change or support their loved one. That is not dignity, and it is not inclusion.

You can help create change by:

  • Supporting the Changing Places campaign on Facebook
  • Writing to your local MP
  • Raising awareness of the need for more accessible facilities

Learn more about the campaign and find your nearest Changing Places toilet