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Mar 2023
New specialist disability toilet set for Ripon city centre
Ripon city centre is set to get its first specialist toilet for people with disabilities.
Changing Places toilets are larger, accessible toilets for people who cannot use standard accessible toilets.
They include equipment such as hoists, curtains, adult-sized changing benches and space for carers.
After a successful bid by Harrogate Borough Council and Ripon Disability Forum £40,000 has been granted through the government’s Changing Places Fund to create the new facility.
It will be located at the existing Ripon Bus Station toilets and it is hoped it will be open by the end of the year.
Ripon already has a Changing Places toilet at the Jack Laugher Leisure and Wellness Centre but not one in the city centre. Recent plans to develop Ripon Cathedral also include proposals to create a Changing Places toilet.
Councillor Graham Swift, the council's deputy leader and cabinet member for resources, enterprise and economic development, said:
Jeremy Dunford, from Ripon Disability Forum, said:
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