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 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