Creation of a 21st century training environment for all is being achieved at Wakefield College…..
The College is extending the inclusive ethos throughout its sites, commissioning the UK’s leading disabled toileting solutions provider, Total Hygiene, to install special accessible toilet facilities not only in the new SkillsXchange, but also in its existing Thornes Park campus, with plans to further include them in another new block at the main Wakefield campus.
Explained a spokesperson for Wakefield College, “We want to promote access and education to all, and therefore felt the way forward was to put in accessible toilets, each on the ground floor near reception for optimum accessibility.”
The accessible toilets include space for the disabled person and up to two carers, a height adjustable changing bench, hoist, a height adjustable washbasin and Clos-o-Mat ‘wash and dry’ toilet.
The biggest-selling unit of its type, the Clos-o-Mat looks like a conventional WC but features integral douching and drying, removing the need for the user or their carer to manually cleanse after toileting, thus improving hygiene, dignity and independence. Clos-o-Mat toilets are manufactured in the UK by Total Hygiene. Observed Kelvin Grimes, Total Hygiene’s accessible toilet specialist, “Wakefield College felt an accessible toilet with a Clos-o-Mat rather than a standard WC would truly fulfill its ethos of access and education to all, regardless of type of disability.”
Founded 50 years ago, Total Hygiene is the only company in the UK that can not only supply the full ambit of disabled toilet solutions, but install, commission and maintain the equipment. In its history, it has supplied over 40000 Clos-o-Mat toilets, many of which are still in regular use some 30 years after first being installed.
