Public Toilets Tell Us What You Think About Our Plans
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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 Camden Town 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 Hampstead 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 Highgate 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 Fortune Green ward Lincoln’s Inn Fields WC2A 3TL in Holborn and Covent Garden ward South End Green NW3 2PT in Gospel Oak ward Camden Town NW1 7HD in Camden Town/Primrose Hill 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 past public toilets? 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 ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 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 ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 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? ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ Do you have any other comments or suggestions? ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 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 .