This lifesaving project educates people about the importance of red emergency cords and makes accessible toilets safer. Thanks to the support of individuals and venues across the UK we’ve already given out over 60,000 Red Cord Cards!
What is a Red Cord Card?
Red Cord Cards are pocket-sized splash-proof notices designed to hang on red emergenc...
Written by Kayleigh O'Neill, Communications Intern
Our Red Cord Card campaign is becoming the biggest campaign to help disabled people access venues' toilets safely without making physical or structural changes to buildings. They are a reminder to people and venues that the red emergency cord should be easily reached from th...
World Toilet Day takes place annually on 19th November.
Every year on World Toilet Day, we try to highlight the common issues faced by disabled people when they use accessible toilets when they are out and about. Last year for World Toilet Day we asked you to share stories of the strangest things you have found in accessible loos for our #Not...
Ok, we’ll admit it, we’re obsessed with toilets! Our phones are full of photos of them and we talk about them on a daily basis. We know that to some people this might sound bizarre, but we also know that we are not alone. This is because having access to toilets when out and about is so important to all of us and far too often many of us are s...
Accessible toilets are designed to be spacious for a good reason, but unfortunately this makes it all too tempting for them to be used for storage. Storage for what exactly? That’s the question we asked you, and what we found may surprise you…
Of all the weird and wonderful things discovered in accessible bathrooms, vehicles topped the list a...
Every year on World Toilet Day, Euan’s Guide aims to highlight the issues faced by disabled people every day as they use toilets in public. Whether it’s tied up emergency cords, misuse or indeed the lack of accessible loos out there, we use this day to raise awareness and drive change.
This year we’re highlighting the problem of toilets being...
This summer we asked for your opinion of accessible toilets, and the results are here! You told us about the good, the bad and the bewildering situations you have encountered when using public accessible toilets, and we’ve even got thirty of the strangest things found in accessible loos to share with you…
Click the links below to view the resul...
Knots can be impressive, but we don’t want them in our accessible toilets! Emergency red cords need to be left untied and reaching all the way to the floor. Sadly, not everybody is aware of this, and that’s why two years ago we launched our first #RedCordCard to help address the issue.
Now I have my red cord cards its a good excuse (as if I...
It’s a topic widely discussed by reviewers on Euan’s Guide, and we want to know more! Our summer questionnaire is for anybody who has ever used an accessible toilet, and the more information we can collect, the easier it will be to raise awareness of the importance of accessible toilets and the ways in which they can be improved.
Accessible toilets come in all different shapes and sizes, and reviewers have told us what’s good and what’s bad about the accessible toilets they’ve used. We all talk about red cords, transfer space, too many bins, and mirror height…but what does all this mean? Here’s our quick guide to knowing what’s what inside your venue’s accessible toilet...
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