Nottingham City Council is continuing to help people with severe disabilities visit and get the most out of Nottingham with the latest installation of state-of-the-art disabled facilities at Nottingham’s most popular attraction, Wollaton Hall.

The ‘changing places toilet’, is designed to support carers of children and adults who have profound and multiple disabilities and require help with their personal care.

The main features are:
1.height adjustable changing bench
2.ceiling hoist
3.plenty of room either side of the toilet (to enable carers to have greater access).

Councillor David Trimble, Portfolio Holder for Leisure, Culture and Communities said: "Standard disabled toilets do not meet the needs of all people with a disability and inadequate facilities can create barriers to people with disabilities getting out and about.

"The Changing Places Toilet is an excellent facility providing dignified and hygienic conditions, making life easier for many disabled people and their carers. A person with a profound disability and their family would normally have to return home after a couple of hours but having this facility means they can spend the whole day at Wollaton Park, something you and I take for granted."

Wollaton Hall is the third public place in Nottingham City to include a Changing places toilet. The others are located at the City Centre public toilets on Greyhound Street, and at Ken Martin Leisure Centre in Bulwell.

Nottingham City Council is a member of the National Changing Places Consortium which is developing and campaigning for changing places toilets nationwide (there are 50 currently). Day Service Modernisation Manager, Martin Jackaman is a Changing Places champion and received the Guardian Society's Public Servant of the Year award in 2007 for his work developing the Changing Places toilets in Nottingham as well as his national involvement in the campaign. For more information visit: www.changing-places.org