NEW specialist changing facilities and eco-friendly toilets have been installed to provide a safe and clean environment for parents and people with disabilities.

The changing rooms have been fitted at Evesham’s Viaduct Meadow with plans for installation in Pershore and Broadway next year, thanks to Wychavon District Council.

As part of the ‘Changing Places’ national initiative, the new additions feature an electric hoist, height adjustable sink and height adjustable changing table.

Councillor Emma Stokes, Portfolio holder for environment and street scene at Wychavon District Council, said: “These latest additions are all part of the council’s commitment to provide fully accessible adult toilet facilities, as well as to improve energy efficiency across the district in line with Wychavon’s intelligently green plan.

“We hope that people will find comfort in knowing that when they are using these facilities, they will be using the efficient and innovative technology in a spacious, clean and safe environment.”

The facilities offer a safe, clean changing area with extra equipment and space for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and other physical disabilities such as spinal injuries, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis.

As well as this, new eco-friendly Propelair toilets have also been installed which use less water to flush and don't require users to touch the lid with their fingers.

The public toilets near Asda in Pershore now have Propelair toilets and Dyson taps and hand dryers. Each toilet uses 84 per cent less water than a traditional toilet system and up to 80 per cent less energy is required for water and waste processing – leading to a reduction of 74 per cent in the carbon footprint of the loos. They also have ‘safe to touch technology.’