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An outdoor space, between two single-story buildings at right angles. The far building has many doors with toilet symbols. The side building has storage, for the play equipment that fills the space. There are trees and seating, as well as plants on the building roofs. A sign on the right says 'Engaged'

Engaged: a toilet on every high street (final report)

Author/s:: Gail Ramster, Jo-Anne Bichard, Madelaine Dowd, Indira Knight, Rosanna Traina, Maurizio Mucciola
Summary:: Engaged ran as a design research project by Royal College of Art and PiM.Studio Architects. Its aim is to think about the reuse of vacant high street units as toilets (plus commercial or community space), and to grow the idea. This report shares a few key areas that we've uncovered, that have the most potential to pursue, and where we have evidence to support future, focused studies to really fix the problems.
File:: Engaged_Final_Report.pdf 2.44 MB
Publication date:: 2023
Keywods:: Built Environment Design Inclusion Public Toilets
Type:: Report

Partial image of some comments each in different handwriting, saying: clear mirror; gender-neutral; needle exchange; more space for women; changing tables in all genders bathrooms' keep open past 8pm!' accessible for children, toddlers and neurodiverse.

Engaged: On-the-Ground Engagement and Co-design report

Author/s:: Madelaine Dowd, Indira Knight, Gail Ramster, Jo-Anne Bichard, Maurizio Mucciola
Summary:: Engaged: On-the-Ground project worked with a London Community to find what an inclusive public toilet would look like in their neighbourhood. This report shares the findings from this engagement and co-design activity, in the Hackney Central area.
File:: On-the-Ground-DLR-Report.pdf 7.26 MB
Publication date:: 2022
Keywods:: Built Environment Design Experiences Inclusion Public Toilets
Type:: Report

Photograph of a toilet block with a sketch of an ajoining cafe overlaid. People sit at tables outside the cafe and toilets.

Engaged: Pre-feasibility Study

Author/s:: Madelaine Dowd, Maurizio Mucciola, Rosanna Traina, Indira Knight, Gail Ramster, Jo-Anne Bichard
Summary:: This Pre-feasibility report includes findings from the Regeneration workshop, expert interviews and literature review of government guidance, as well as design principles and typologies for the Engaged concept that proposes public toilets sharing space with local businesses as part of high street regeneration.
File:: Engaged-Pre-Feasibility-Report.pdf 11.53 MB
Publication date:: 2022
Keywods:: Built Environment Design Layout Location Management Public Toilets
Type:: Report

Partial Partial image of virtual post-its arranged in groups, with headings: Construction costs and Resources; Vacant Unit/Appropriate Spaces & Locations; Maintenance Costs + Resources; Ownership.

Engaged: Regeneration Workshop report

Author/s:: Rosanne Traina, Madelaine Dowd, Indira Knight, Jo-Anne Bichard, Gail Ramster
Summary:: The Engaged workshop explored the opportunities for public toilet provision and the Engaged concept, with 13 regeneration officers from eight London borough councils. This work guided the development of a pre-feasibility study, in Spring 2022.
File:: Regeneration-Workshop-Report.pdf 1.45 MB
Publication date:: 2022
Keywods:: Built Environment Crime & Anti-social Behaviour Maintenance Management Provision Public Toilets
Type:: Report

Public Toilets in London: update report

Author/s:: London Assembly
Summary:: In this report the Health and Public Services Committee of the London Assembly reviews whether the provision of public toilets in London has improved since the previous report by the Committee on this topic in 2006, and identifies what more the Mayor could do to improve provision.
Web link:: Go to resource
Publication date:: 2011
Keywods:: Public Toilets
Type:: Report

Twelfth Report: The Provision of Public Toilets

Author/s:: Communities and Local Government Select Committee
Summary:: This report seeks to consider the evidence and to produce simple and practical recommendations to improve this important social amenity. Our over-riding recommendation is that the Government imposes a duty on local authorities to develop a public toilet strategy, which should involve consultation with the local community, for their own area.
Web link:: Go to resource
Publication date:: 2008
Keywods:: Public Toilets
Type:: Report

LGBT in Britain – Trans Report

Author/s:: Stonewall
Summary:: LGBT in Britain - Trans Report is Stonewall's new research, based on research with 871 trans and non-binary people by YouGov and highlighting the profound levels of discrimination and hate crime faced by trans people in Britain today. It includes findings and experiences around public toilets.
Web link:: Go to resource
Publication date:: 2017
Keywods:: Gender
Type:: Report

TACT3: Tackling ageing continence through theory, tools and technology

Author/s:: Eleanor van den Heuvel, Mary Gilhooly, Ian Sutherland, Felicity Jowitt, Kevin McKee, Lena Dahlberg, Stuart Parker, Patrick Gaydecki, Norman Ratcliffe, Jo-Anne Bichard, Adele Long, Nikki Cotterill, Susie Orme
Summary:: This report shares the key findings of the Tackling Ageing Continence through Theory Tools and Technology (TACT3) project, where the overall aim was to reduce the impact of continence difficulties for older people, including access to toilets.
Web link:: Go to resource
Publication date:: 2012
Keywods:: Accessibility Design Disability
Type:: Report

Taking the P***: the Decline of the Great British Public Toilet

Author/s:: Royal Society for Public Health
Summary:: RSPH has published a report revealing the dire state of our public conveniences and its impact on the public’s health. The findings shed light on the health burden of declining public toilet provision, which directly hampers some of the UK’s wider public health efforts.
Web link:: Go to resource
Publication date:: 2019
Keywods:: Public Health Public Toilets
Type:: Report