Neil Gray, MSP for Airdrie & Shotts, encourages businesses to apply for Scottish Government funding for specialist accessible toilets
Neil Gray, MSP for Airdrie & Shotts, is encouraging local businesses to apply for funding to help build specialist accessible toilets.
More than 25,000 people in Scotland with complex needs and disabilities, and their families, could benefit from the £10 million Scottish Government fund available for making community toilet facilities more accessible.
The Changing Places Toilets Scotland Fund will support the provision of up to 150 specialist accessible toilets to meet the needs of disabled people who require carer support and equipment to use facilities.
Mr Gray is urging local businesses and non-profit organisations to apply.
He said: "Access to toilet facilities is a human right and Changing Places Toilets ensure that those with disabilities and their families and carers can access toilet facilities.
"That's why this SNP Government has made £10 million available for Changing Places Toilets.
"This will make a huge difference to disabled people and their families and carers across Airdrie and Shotts, enabling them to participate fully in society and access community resources."
Mental Wellbeing Minister Tom Arthur added: "Access to toilet facilities is a fundamental human right.
"Changing Places Toilets offer vital facilities for people with disabilities and their families and carers whose needs cannot be met through standard accessible toilet provision.
"This £10 million investment in Changing Places Toilets will make a huge difference to thousands of disabled people and their families and carers."
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