Public toilets Tell us what you think about our plans

Easy read questionnaire

What is Camden’s local offer website?

We need to save £260,000 a year from the money we spend on public toilets

To do this we are planning to  close 3 toilets

 Pond Square

 South End Green

 West End Lane

 work with local businesses and community organisations to develop community toilet schemes in these 3 areas

 work with a new organisation to have pay to use toilets, at and Lincoln’s Inn Fields

You can have your say from 11 January until 28 February 2016

11 28 You can

 fill in this questionnaire and send it back to us free of charge to

Public Toilets Floor 5, 5PS Freepost RSLT-RJBR-TXAA Camden Town Hall London WC1H 9JE

 fill in our online questionnaire

camden.gov.uk/publictoilets

 Come along to one of our public meetings All the meetings are from 6pm to 8pm

 6pm to 8pm - Wednesday 27 January about the West End Lane toilets

27 West Library Dennington Park Road NW6 1AU

 6pm to 8pm - Tuesday 9 February about the South End Green toilets

9 Roy Shaw Centre Cressy Road NW3 2ND

 6pm to 8pm - Thursday 11 February about the Pond Square toilets

11 The Society 10A South Grove N6 6BS

Please call 020 79 74 44 44 if you have any questions

We have 5 sets of free public toilets with attendants in Camden

 Pond Square N6 6BA in Highgate ward

 West End Lane NW6 1RR in ward

 Lincoln’s Inn Fields WC2A 3TL in and ward

 South End Green NW3 2PT in ward

 Camden Town NW1 7HD in Camden Town/ ward

Opening hours are 9am until 6pm during winter months

9am until 8pm during summer months

There are also toilets in some of our council buildings, like libraries and sports centres

There is a Camden toilets map at the end of this questionnaire

We will also have an online interactive map so people can see which toilets are open nearby

Q1 Have you used Yes Yes No any of these recently in the never public toilets? past

please only tick 1 box for each toilet

Pond Square

West End Lane

Lincoln’s Inn Fields

South End Green

Camden Town

Q2 Have you ever used one of our automatic public toilets?

Yes Yes No recently in the never past

please only tick 1 box

To save £260,000 we are planning to close the public toilets in

 Pond Square

 West End Lane

 South End Green

We will work with local businesses like cafes and shops in these areas to have a Community Toilet Scheme

Q3 Do you think these changes will make things easier or harder for you and your family?

easier not harder sure

please only tick 1 box

If you said the changes would make things harder for you and your family, please tell us why

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To save £260,000 the public toilets in Camden Town and Lincoln’s Inn Fields will stop being free to use

The toilets will be run by another organisation and people will have to pay to use them

Q4 Do you think this change from free to pay to use will make things easier or harder for you and your family?

easier not harder sure

please only tick 1 box

If you said this change would make things harder for you and your family, please tell us why

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Community toilet scheme

To make sure that people can still access public toilets we will work with local businesses in

 Pond Square

 South End Green

 West End Lane

to extend the community toilet scheme

This will mean that people will be able to use toilets in places like cafés and shops even if they are not buying anything

Businesses taking part in this scheme would have a sticker in their window

We will also have an interactive map so that people can find out which toilets are open to the public

Q5 Do you think you would use toilets that are part of the community toilet scheme?

yes not no sure

please only tick 1 box

Do you have any suggestions of businesses we could approach?

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Do you have any other comments or suggestions?

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About you

You do not have to answer these questions but your answers will help us give a better service to different groups of people

How old are you? (please only tick 1 box)

I am a man

I am a woman

What is your ethnic group? (please only tick 1 box)

White

Asian

Black

Mixed

Other

Do you have a disability?

yes no

Please tick the box (or boxes) that apply to you

learning disability

physical disabilty

mental health condition

sensory needs

long term illness

other disability ? ……………………………………………………..

What is your religion, if you have one? (please only tick 1 box)

? other

Are you a Camden resident (do you live in Camden)?

yes

no

Do you own or run a business or service in Camden?

yes

no

What is your sexual preference? (please tick 1 box only)

heterosexual

gay or lesbian

bisexual

I’d rather not say

Are you pregnant?

yes

no

Have you had a baby in the last 6 months?

yes

no

Do you have any children aged 16 or under?

yes

no

Thank you for filling in this questionnaire