A project to create better facilities to enhance the lives of disabled people visiting and living in Ripon has been completed.
North Yorkshire Council has opened a Changing Places facility at the city’s bus station toilet block as part of a scheme to revamp the public conveniences.
The specialised toilet can be used by people with limited mobility and complex needs and gives them greater accessibility. It includes a toilet, washing and changing area with room for two carers, a hoist system, a changing bed and screening to allow for privacy.
The work at the bus station conveniences also re-modelled the whole toilet block and refurbished facilities that were over 20 years old. It now includes three women’s cubicles, two men’s cubicles and three urinals, and an accessible toilet as well as the changing places provision.