It's World Toilet Day! We want to extend a big thank you to everyone who has ordered a pack of Red Cord Cards. You're the people who have helped raise awareness of making accessible toilets safer; you're our Safer Toilets Stars!
World Toilet Day takes places every year on 19th November and we highlight the common issues faced by disabled people...
Accessible toilets are a topic that our team and our readers feel very strongly about. As World Toilet Day is just around the corner, I’m sharing my top tips on how to review accessible toilets to share that information with other disabled people, their families, friends and carers.
At Euan’s Guide, we’re best known for our disabled access rev...
Accessible toilets, often called disabled toilets, come in all different shapes and sizes but sometimes disabled people are faced with the same issue time and time again. With World Toilet Day approaching this week, here are a few tips that might help your venue improve its accessible toilet.
Red emergency cords
A topic close to our hearts! Eu...
Find and Share Changing Places Toilets on Euan’s Guide
Many people don’t give a second thought to visiting public buildings. But many disabled people are unable to participate in activities others take for granted as standard accessible toilets fail to meet their needs.
Changing Places Toilets are more accessible than standard accessible toilets as they have additional equipment and enough space f...
Last month we asked you to share some accessible loos and Changing Places toilets that you felt deserved a shout out. Over the next two blogs we'll share the selection of 21 loos that come recommended by you! In this blog we'll look at all the suggestions that came in of places that have a Changing Places toilet and then we'll continue the list...
This is the second part of our rundown of memorable loos you shared with us. In the last blog we looked at the places with Changing Places toilets, this time we'll cover places with accessible toilets only.
As we mentioned last time, this is just a bit of fun and a nice way to talk about places we remember for the right reasons. Many of the...
Red emergency cords seem like a great idea – a simple way for someone inside a toilet to let people outside the toilet know that they need assistance. But the problem is, in reality, far few people know what the cord is there for. And that’s where the problems start to arise…
We’ve seen examples of places that have seemingly never untied their...
Survey reveals the need for accessible toilet improvements
Many places could still be losing out on valuable income simply by not providing an accessible toilet. Our Accessible Toilet Survey revealed that 78% of participants have avoided going somewhere that did not have an accessible toilet. These venues are potentially missing out on a porti...
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 tens of thousands of Red Cord Cards!
What is a Red Cord Card?
Red Cord Cards are pocket-sized, splash-proof notices designed to hang on...
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 the toilet a...