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Clos-o-Mat adaptations add value to childrens education
» 12 May 2016
Children with disabilities are benefitting from an innovative approach to adapting their environment.
Cornwall Council has commissioned facilities management provider CORMAC Ltd to deliver value-added adaptations to school premises, to accommodate specific special needs pupil requirements.
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Cargo container conversion boosts farm visits delight
» 15 Apr 2016
Thinking ‘outside the box’ has meant a campaigner for special accessible toilets has enabled one attraction to be open to everyone …
Sarah Brisdion’s young son Hadley loves going to their local visitor attraction Longdown Activity Farm; but as Hadley suffers from cerebral palsy, trips are often cut short through lack of suitable toilet facilities. But no longer! Sarah worked closely with the farm owners Bryan...
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Clos-o-Mat offers even better support and service after relocation
» 07 Mar 2016
Clos-o-Mat - Britain’s market leader in assistive technology in toilets, home and away - has moved from the offices it has...
The move has been prompted by the company’s continuing growth in sales, and corresponding growth in personnel: Clos-o-Mat is just completing a record year for sales of its brand-leading Palma Vita wash & dry toilet, and is also seeing increasing supply & installation of...
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Changing Places helps create world class travel hub
» 08 Feb 2016
Network Rail is putting disabled travellers’ needs at the centre of a £multi-million project to transform Welsh railway and make it a...
The transformation of Port Talbot Parkway is progressing, with some amenities already improved, under the £11.4m regeneration by Network Rail as part of the Wales Station Improvement Scheme. Latest to be unveiled are a new information hub, bridge, an updated waiting room and new...
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Changing Places at the movies
» 22 Dec 2015
The problem of trying to visualise how an assisted washroom should look, and how equipment fits in, is solved with an online, 3D video.
The Changing Places accessible, assisted toilet video is available to view by following this link. It has been purpose-developed to help architects, facilities and/or estate managers, occupational...
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Changing Places to provide equality
» 12 Nov 2015
Disabled toilet solutions company Clos-o-Mat is backing a move by Changing Places campaigners to remind architects and...
Under the Equality Act, which replaced the Disability Discrimination Act, service providers (including shops, tourist attractions and restaurants) are required to make reasonable changes – including to the built environment – where a disabled customer or potential customer would...
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Clos-o-Mat Fastrack CAD helps architects optimise accessibility
» 01 Oct 2015
More than 2million people have trouble accessing bathroom facilities in buildings, largely because of problems with mobility. A portfolio...
Clos-o-Mat, Britain’s leading authority in the provision of disabled toilet facilities in and out of the home, has added Fastrack CAD to its specification options. This complements the array of drawings that can already be accessed via the company’s website, NBS and...
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Clos-o-Mat toilets help students to realise vision of optimum independence
» 27 Aug 2015
A vision of creating a better world for children with severe and complex needs is being realised – right through to their personal hygiene.
The Treloar Trust has completed Vision Treloar’s, a £20m project to create one, nationally recognised, educational and residential centre of expertise for young people, on a single campus.
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Preparing students for adulthood extends beyond the classroom
» 06 Aug 2015
A holistic approach to student needs is helping young people in Telford progress into adulthood with dignity and independence.
The approach is demonstrated at Telford College of Arts & Technology with the opening of a new care suite. Strategically located to enable easy access for students on a number of different courses, the suite means the 20+ teenagers in wheelchairs and with other mobility problems...
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Clos-o-Mat toilets chosen to aid independent living in social housing
» 15 Jul 2015
A new social housing project will meet residents’ needs now and in the future through forward-thinking specification.
Each of Leazes Homes’ nine bungalows on its development at Roeburn Way, Newcastle, has been purpose-designed specifically to enable people with physical disabilities to live as independently as possible. Thus, each features a raft of assistive fixtures and fittings, including...
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Pub chain aiming to set new standard in away from home accessible toilets
» 18 Jun 2015
JD Wetherspoon, already a champion in its provision of accessible toilets, is setting new standards by becoming the first major national...
The ‘all-singing, all-dancing’ assisted accessible toilet – supplied and installed by Clos-o-Mat – is in Wetherspoon’s new ‘The Velvet Coaster’ pub, on Blackpool Promenade. The £6.5m pub has been built as a showcase for the brand, which has already won national...
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Going to the toilet helps broaden college appeal
» 28 May 2015
A London college focused on providing excellence and an environment where students can maximise their potential is now able to open its...
Stanmore College in Middlesex has opened a new hygiene room, allowing it to fulfil the requirements of a specific disabled student who wanted to join the facility, and ‘open its doors’ to enable more less able young people to benefit from its vocational and academic provision.
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Clos-o-Mat complete service helps achieve value engineered solution in hygiene
» 14 May 2015
A unique service is helping contractors achieve optimum effectiveness in value engineering for accessible toilet provision.
Under latest Regulations, it is desirable that buildings to which the public have access feature a hygiene room, or Changing Places, assisted accessible toilet facility. As the concept is comparatively new, few building services companies fully appreciate the breadth of...
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A 21st century learning environment fit for all
» 09 Apr 2015
A half-century old school is being taken into the 21st century in every aspect – including its toilet facilities for pupils.
Highland Council is spending £31m upgrading Lochaber High School to create a ‘truly inspirational’ learning environment; one element of the refurbishment is the creation of a new hygiene room, and revamping of an existing one, to accommodate the more intimate toileting needs of...
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Clos-o-Mat helps to remove obstacles to grammar education
» 19 Mar 2015
One of the largest remaining grammar schools in the UK has taken a holistic approach to enabling its students to fulfil its aim of...
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys was approached by the parents of a young boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, who wanted their son to access the benefits of education at the school, but appreciated the nature of his illness meant he may have difficulty using certain...
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Changing Places takes off
» 09 Mar 2015
An airport named as Britain’s best now offers the best facilities for disabled travellers too, with the opening of three Changing Places...
Manchester Airport has created the special facilities, for people who need the help of a carer for their personal hygiene, airside, in each of its three terminals, as part of its commitment to delivering a world-class customer experience.
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Clos-o-Mat in Changing Places Refurbishment
» 30 Jan 2015
Commitment to improving customer journeys is being taken 'above and beyond' at East Midlands Airport, with a complete refurbishment of its...
The airport is now one of just a handful of Britain's 60 airports that is as accessible to all as possible, with the upgrading of its Changing Places toilet for people who need the help of a carer for personal hygiene.
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Access All Areas at LG Arena with Clos-o-Mat toilet
» 12 Jan 2015
One of the UK’s largest multi-purpose arenas is now truly delivering access to all areas-with the opening of a new state of the art...
The Birmingham venue has had a ‘Changing Places’ assisted accessible toilet on its ‘wish list’ for some years, to complement a similar toilet in the main exhibition halls. Now the wish has become a reality, and is exceeding expectations and requirements.
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Clos-o-Mat plays part in improving patient quality of care
» 18 Dec 2014
Improving the quality of patient care is being taken to new dimensions in Cheshire, as a result of commitment by local campaigners and the...
The new dimension is installation of a Changing Places assisted accessible toilet at Leighton Hospital, in the link corridor between the Outpatients Department and the main entrance, for anyone using the establishment who needs the help of a carer when going to the toilet.
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Total Hygiene information simplifies schools toilet specification
» 02 Oct 2014
The number of pupils and students with special needs has grown by over 60% in the past 25 years, prompting an increase in the need of...
To help specifiers better understand up-to-date legal and ‘best practice’ requirements, leading disabled toilet provider Clos-o-Mat has published a new white paper: Considerations & Specification of Accessible Toilet Facilities in Educational Buildings.
