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People with disabilites swim and deserve a dunny.

People with disabilities swim and deserve a dunny.

Project details

Suggested by: Bernadette

Project partner: Golden Square Pool

Budget

$39,000.00

Votes

134 votes received

This project did not receive enough votes to be successful.

Golden Square Pool is a community run outdoor seasonal pool. Since re opening 6 years ago its patronage has grown enormously. A number of community organisations utilise the pool to benefit their clientele. Our ethos is that a community pool is for all members of the community and providing equal access for all. An essential part of this is to provide a disabled toilet. Ethically we cannot progress to our next season without providing a disabled toilet for our patrons - its as simple as that.

This toilet will provide an equal amenity for members of our community with disabilities to enable them to pursue outdoor summer swimming that is available to every other person in the community. We are aware from community feedback that many of our patrons with disabilities have, for a variety of reasons, found it difficult to use our existing change rooms. This will provide their own space and privacy that will allow them to take the time they need to prepare for swimming and to change and tend to their needs after a swim, which is their basic human right.

Project details

Suggested by: Bernadette

Project partner: Golden Square Pool

Budget

$39,000.00

Votes

134 votes received

This project did not receive enough votes to be successful.

Comments

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Shannon

16 Sep 2018

A must! Hope it occurs. Such a wonderful facility and this would make it even more accessible

JodesH

12 Sep 2018

This needs to happen so everyone can enjoy our local pool!

Bendigo Youth Choir

19 Aug 2018

Having advocated for people with a disability for most of my life I think that this project is a no brainer. it is critical that there is infrastructure within our communities to enable people a dignified access to toilet facilities. There should be more of these types of projects

Brenton

15 Aug 2018

A great way to include people with varying abilities in a top level community resource at Golden Square Pool .

KrisM

13 Aug 2018

A definite necessity.