£30m funding for UK Changing Places

Applications recently closed for venues to apply for their share of £30m of central government funding specifically for Changing Places in the UK. With legislation recently in place (January 2021) this funding is aimed at allowing existing venues to fund Changing Places Toilets.

This funding will be distributed this financial year (which in the UK runs through to March 2022) and rumours have it that well over half of the 300 local government departments in the UK have applied for their share of the funding.

This puts the UK at the forefront for other countries to "copy and paste" and ensures it is not just new-builds where the UK will see Changing Places toilets installed.

The grant which comes from the UK Government Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and is being distributed through local government departments will be administered by the charity MDUK (Muscular Dystrophy UK).

Other governments should take note that during these strange political and economic times, the UK government has prioritised Changing Places as an important problem that needs fixing.