{"id":27669,"date":"2021-02-19T17:17:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=27669"},"modified":"2021-02-19T17:17:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:17:39","slug":"public-toilets-are-a-basic-human-right-calls-to-reopen-cardiffs-conveniences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/public-toilets-are-a-basic-human-right-calls-to-reopen-cardiffs-conveniences\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPublic Toilets are a basic human right\u201d: Calls to reopen Cardiff&#8217;s conveniences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Only 28% of Council-operated toilets in Cardiff are open for public use, making lockdown even harder on the tens of thousands of people who suffer with bowel and bladder conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the few things people can do in lockdown is outdoor exercise, but some people face being prevented from even that enjoyment by the lack of facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of lockdown all Cardiff Council&#8217;s toilets were closed to the public to help prevent transmission of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That caused problems for all manner of groups of people, including parents with young children, older people, and the homeless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet it is a particular problem for the 23,000 people in Wales who suffer from Inflammatory Bowel Disease, or similar conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s a horrible feeling, It wasn\u2019t thought through and we weren\u2019t considered\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Sianny Thomas, 34, who suffers from MS and Chron\u2019s disease feels that the council has not been transparent or informative enough about the opening of public toilets.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of toilet accessibility means she has to dehydrate before leaving the house because her condition means she sometimes faces urgent calls of nature. Sianny says not being able to use the toilet is &#8220;a horrible feeling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It wasn\u2019t thought through and we weren\u2019t considered,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t drink water before going for a walk &#8211; unfortunately, that\u2019s my only choice because they are all shut.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alison Reid, chief executive of the IBS Network said all public toilets should be open for the public as it is a human right.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Network said many people who suffer from IBD or IBS are worried about leaving the house, and do not do their daily exercise because of anxiety over needing to go to the loo.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liberal Democrat Councillor Rodney Berman is calling for more toilets in Cardiff to be opened and says that \u201cit\u2019s a case of &#8216;if you are lucky enough&#8217; to have your local park toilet open.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff Council has not confirmed when more public toilets will be opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently open public toilets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Victoria Park<\/li><li>Roath Park Pleasure Gardens\u00a0<\/li><li>Roath Lake\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/toilet.jpeg)\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only 28 percent of Council-operated toilets in Cardiff are open for the public. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":567,"featured_media":27671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[21,38,279,141,339],"coauthors":[565],"class_list":["post-27669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cardiff","tag-cardiff-council","tag-lockdown","tag-parks","tag-public-toilets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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