Incontinence
Durham to install
sanitary bins
Durham County Cricket Club
is to become the first venue in
the UK to install sanitary bins
for men. The move comes after
YouGov research found that more
than 4.5 million men in Great
Britain find incontinence to
be an issue.
The findings showed
the
importance
of
providing
better
facilities for men in
order to help improve
their social lives by
allowing them to
dispose of products
quietly without any
attention being drawn to
it. The research showed
that many people feel
embarrassed and/or nervous
to leave the house and felt that more
should be done to combat the issue.
Further research suggests that there are
potentially thousands of men over 40 that do
not attend sporting events because of the
issue with 618,000 calculated to be more
likely to attend if there needs were met.
Durham CCC will be the first club to take
action and the bins should be installed at
the Riverside ground in time for the 2019
season. Durham’s Chief Executive Tim
Bostock said, “
Chief executive Tim Bostock told www.
bbc.co.uk, “We were amazed at the sheer
volume of people who actually experience
this condition and with many of our fans
being in the age group affected, it was
important to us that we were able to
provide a discreet solution.”
“We want to make sure men
who experience this issue
can feel comfortable
enough to continue
to
come
along
and support their
local team, without
worrying about how
they dispose of an
incontinence product
if they need to change
throughout the day’s
events.
“It’s hard to think that it
hasn’t been done before. It’s a
pretty obvious thing that we should put
some special bins in. They are there in the
lady’s facilities, but people just don’t think
that it’s a male issue as well, and it clearly
is. I’d hate to think that anybody would be
put off from coming to watch a great event
here, just because they felt some stigma or
embarrassment.”
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