Disabled toilet plan at garage
New Changing Places
Stirling landtrain to visit the various retailers with a reduced hop on/hop off daily price of just £2 during the festive season.
The trail runs until Friday January 3, with an iPad on offer for the winning entry.
Entrants are also asked to vote for the best reindeer design and the winning school will receive £250 worth of art supplies as a prize.
The Go Forth reindeer were designed by schools from across the Stirling area. A total of 20 winners, including entries from Bannockburn Nursery, Cornton Primary, Cowie Primary and Stirling High, were chosen by a judging panel and provided with paints and a 1.7-metre 3D reindeer to decorate. Completed reindeer were then placed in shops around the city, from the Burghmuir Retail Park and Forthside to the Thistles and Stirling’s historic Old Town.
Reindeer Trail leaflets featuring a map and entry form can be picked up from locations around the city and entries should be returned by post or via special Santa post boxes located in the Thistles and Stirling Arcade.
Closing date is January 2 and the winner will be he first entry selected from all the correctly completed forms. More details at www. goforthstirling.co.uk
A Stirling service station looks set to be the latest site to create a specially equipped toilet for people with disabilities.
Moto Hospitality Ltd wants to extend its service station at Bannockburn interchange/Pirnhall roundabout to create a bespoke Changing Place facility.
The company has submitted an application to Stirling Council planners for the project.
It comes just weeks after The PEAK leisure centre opened its own £60,000 Changing Place loo.
According to PAMIS, the UK charity who lead the initiative, estimated equipment costs for a Changing Place toilet can vary but are in the region of between £12,000 and £17,000 including VAT, and can feature specialist changing, lifting, showering and toilet facilities.
Equipment costs, however, vary depending on the specific equipment chosen and building costs may need to be factored in if structural changes are needed within an existing building.
Before the opening of The Peak facility, Stirling had only two recognised Changing Places locations: one at Blair Drummond Safari Park and another at the Macrobert Arts Centre.
Advocates of the specialist facilities say they are essential for over 240,000 disabled people in the UK and their families and carers, but also that they reap benefits for businesses as they encourage people with disabilities to visit an area’s shops and businesses for longer.
Council planners are expected to make a recommendation on the planning application in due course.