{"id":28513,"date":"2020-12-08T16:02:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T16:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28513"},"modified":"2020-12-08T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:17:07","slug":"tower-of-london-is-oldest-uk-building-with-a-changing-places-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28513","title":{"rendered":"Tower of London is oldest UK building with a Changing Places facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AccessAssociation_081220.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28514\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AccessAssociation_081220.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>The Tower of London\u2019s New Armouries Building, which dates back to the mid-17th century, has been recognised by Muscular Dystrophy UK as the oldest public building registered on the Changing Places UK Toilet Map.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8230;Everyone has the right to use a public toilet&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8230; even this most challenging of historic settings isn\u2019t a barrier&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>The Access Association<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Robert Burley, director of campaigns, care and support at Muscular Dystrophy UK, describes the installation as a \u201cmuch-needed step in the right direction to making tourist attractions more accessible to all and tackling the exclusion that disabled people face\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cEveryone has the right to use a public toilet when they need to and Changing Places toilets are a lifeline for more than a quarter of a million disabled people across the UK. Having access to one of the 1,524 Changing Places toilets across the country can make a world of difference for people with conditions like muscular dystrophy, ensuring greater independence and making planning days out much easier,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>The new facility includes a height adjustable adult-sized changing bench and wash basin, ceiling hoist, non-slip floor and a peninsular toilet with drop-down hand rails.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe installation of a Changing Places toilet at the Tower of London builds on Historic Royal Palaces\u2019 commitment to accessibility, and demonstrates that even this most challenging of historic settings isn\u2019t a barrier to offering all our visitors the facilities they need to explore and enjoy this magnificent landmark,\u201d says Preethi Narasimhan, project manager at the Tower of London.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accessassociation.co.uk\/2020\/11\/21\/tower-of-london-becomes-oldest-uk-building-with-a-changing-places-facility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tower of London\u2019s New Armouries Building, which dates back to the mid-17th century, has been recognised by Muscular Dystrophy UK as the oldest public building registered on the Changing Places UK Toilet Map.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28515,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28513\/revisions\/28515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}