It’s no secret
that JD Wetherspoon’s latest venue, Captain Ridley’s Shooting Party, is open to
all.
The new pub in
Bletchley is named after the codebreakers from M16 who operated from the town
during WWII, and even features a rare WWII cipher machine as part of its
fixtures and fittings.
Fittings also
include a Changing Places wheelchair-accessible toilet for people who need help
with their intimate hygiene, continuing the chain’s commitment to welcoming
everyone, regardless of age or ability.
Supplied and
installed by Closomat, Britain’s leading provider in accessible toilet
solutions, the Changing Places gives more space than a conventional
wheelchair-accessible toilet, and additional equipment, including an adult
sized height adjustable changing bench, height adjustable washbasin, ceiling
track hoist and privacy screen. It means that anyone enjoying the pub but who
need help to go to the toilet, and their carer(s), have appropriate facilities,
and can go somewhere that otherwise they would be unable to enjoy.
Under Building
Regulations and British Standards, a Changing Places toilet should be included
in buildings to which numbers of the public have access.
Since their
introduction a decade ago, over 1000 have been opened across the UK. JD
Wetherspoon is the only major UK pub operator that includes Changing Places
wherever possible in its locations.
Closomat is
Britain’s leading provider of helpful toileting solutions, at home and away,
including Changing Places.
Uniquely, the
company can provide an in-house, ‘one- stop-shop’ complete package for ‘away
from home’ assisted accessible toilet facilities, from design and
commissioning, through to project management, supply and installation, and can
also provide subsequent maintenance and repair. Thus it is becoming the ‘go to’
company for such faciltiies, being chosen by, among others, JD Wetherspoon,
Alton Towers, IKEA, Tesco, Morrison, Alton Towers, Moto, Manchester
International Airport, Wembley Stadium.
