Local action on Changing Places toilets
As Changing Places campaigners know, supermarkets are a key place where the provision of Changing Places toilets could change lives. If big supermarkets provided Changing Places toilets, disabled people who need them, and their families, could enjoy going shopping, having lunch and plan days out, just like anyone else.
The Changing Places Consortium and local campaigners have approached a number of leading supermarkets to ask them to consider installing Changing Places toilets. We are delighted that Asda have designed a Changing Places toilet with a view to installing one as a trial in a new store.
However Asda have reported that they can only take this step if they know that there is demand from their customers for Changing Places toilets.
Whether or not you currently shop at Asda, we really need all our local campaigners to take one or more of the following actions:
Write to the store manager of your current or nearest store and explain why you or someone you know would benefit from the provision of a Changing Places toilet. You can find your nearest store and the manager’s name and address by visiting:
www.asda.co.uk/corp/storelocator_frameset/storelocator_frameset.htm
If you are visiting your local Asda, fill in a customer comment card explaining why you or someone you know would benefit from the provision of a Changing Places toilet.
Contact customer services to ask that Asda install Changing Places toilets in their stores. You can fill in a simple form online by visiting www.asda.co.uk/corp/customer_service/contact_us.html
Alternatively you can phone Customer Services on 0500 100055 or write to:
Customer Services, ASDA House, Southbank, Great Wilson Street, Leeds, LS11 5AD.
Please send the Changing Places Consortium a copy of any letters or emails you send or receive. This will help us to demonstrate the demand for Changing Places toilets across the country.
Email: changingplaces@mencap.org.uk
Write to: Changing Places Consortium, c/o Mencap, 123 Golden Lane, London, EC1Y 0RT
Tel: 020 7696 6019
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