Somerset Council announces the installation of a Changing Place toilet at Brean beach
Residents and visitors to Brean Leisure and Brean beach now have access to a Changing Place toilet, thanks to Somerset Council.
The council has worked with strategic partners Brean Leisure and charity Muscular Dystrophy UK, using grant funds from the former Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government.
Changing Places facilities are designed to meet the needs of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, as well as other disabilities and impairments. Changing Places facilities are larger than standard accessible toilets and are equipped with a range of specialist equipment to support users.
Changing Places registered 460 new Changing Places toilets last year, a 50 per cent increase on the previous year, 2022.
The facility at Brean beach has now been registered and tourists and visitors can locate the Changing Place on the Changing Places Toilets website.
Lancaster University recently installed a Changing Places facility on campus that includes several advanced products from specialist equipment provider Astor Bannerman.
