10 THE WORLD OF CLEANING
Cleen And Changing Places Team Up
To Improve Washroom Standards
Cleen
A national consortium which
campaigns for the provision of
specially-adapted washroom
facilities has adopted an innovative
system which has been developed
by a Derby company to help raise
standards across the UK.
The Changing Places Consortium –
co-chaired by Muscular Dystrophy
UK – has campaigned for more than
a decade for fully-accessible toilets
for people with severe disabilities
who need extra equipment and space
to use toilets safely and with dignity.
More than 1,300 Changing Places
facilities are now registered across
the UK but many areas still lack
adequate provision.
Monitoring the Changing Places
network will now be far easier
thanks to Cleen - the UK’s first
fully integrated washroom services
management tool and review app
– which has been developed by
Hygiene Services Group (HSG) in
Pride Park.
Cleen enables washroom users to
log and publish reviews – good and
bad – via a free app that is easily
downloaded onto a smartphone.
The Cleen app has a special area
for reviews of Changing Places
toilets which can be published on
issues such as faulty bed hoists and
unreachable emergency cords as
well as cleanliness issues.
Alternatively, users can highlight
positive experiences which are
shared publicly on the app for others
to encourage others to visit the
venue.
Washroom services and water
conservation specialists HSG
has provided Changing Places
and equipment suppliers in the
washrooms with a free Cleen
Dashboard.
This will notify the equipment
providers and consortium instantly
of issues highlighted via the Cleen
App so that appropriate action can
be taken.
HSG is now working with venues
who have Changing Places
washrooms on site to enable
them to have their own individual
dashboards so that they can also
monitor reviews, take action and
post positive reviews themselves.
Facility providers can also purchase
the Cleen Tablet which are installed
in or near washrooms and enables
reviews to be posted directly on site
without a smartphone. “We’re delighted that Cleen is
supporting Changing Places. We
look forward to working together
to campaign for a more inclusive
society.”
The partnership was officially
launched at an event at Leeds City
Museum on Friday (July 19) to mark
Changing Places awareness day. The Cleen App is free to download
onto a smartphone and enables
washroom users to log reviews of
washroom facilities in any type of
venue. For more information please
visit www.cleen.world or search the
app store in Apple or Android.
Clare Lucas, Head of Policy and
Campaigns at Muscular Dystrophy
UK, which co-chairs the Changing
Places Consortium, said: “Having
access to a well-equipped toilet is
a matter of respect and dignity for
people who are severely disabled.
“However, the stark reality is that
without enough Changing Places
many disabled people face the choice
of not going out or being changed on
dirty floors. They are denied a basic
human right: using a toilet.
WEBsiTE: www.cleen.world
For more information about
Changing Places and to see the map
of facilities across the UK, please
visit www.changing-places.org