Jo-Anne Bichard
@jo-anneb.bsky.social
Professor of Accessible Design Royal College of Art. Co-director of Public Convenience Ltd and The Toilet Map
New book: Designing Inclusive Public Toilets: Wee the people.
New book: Designing Inclusive Public Toilets: Wee the people.
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Everyone needs to wee and poo every day.
Access to toilets should simply be a public health and accessibility issue and not dependent on other people’s views of how much you “look like” a man or a woman.
The EHRC has no clue about equalities and their priorities are shamefully discriminatory.
Access to toilets should simply be a public health and accessibility issue and not dependent on other people’s views of how much you “look like” a man or a woman.
The EHRC has no clue about equalities and their priorities are shamefully discriminatory.
"Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look. The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash" [Times]
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Everyone needs to wee and poo every day.
Access to toilets should simply be a public health and accessibility issue and not dependent on other people’s views of how much you “look like” a man or a woman.
The EHRC has no clue about equalities and their priorities are shamefully discriminatory.
Access to toilets should simply be a public health and accessibility issue and not dependent on other people’s views of how much you “look like” a man or a woman.
The EHRC has no clue about equalities and their priorities are shamefully discriminatory.
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#WorldToiletDay is TODAY! 🚽
🔍Today, the London Loo Alliance will be touring the transport network to inspect some of TfL’s public toilet facilities to see which stations are ‘on a roll’ and which stations are ‘loos’ing out.
✅Follow @londonlooalliance.bsky.social for more details!
🔍Today, the London Loo Alliance will be touring the transport network to inspect some of TfL’s public toilet facilities to see which stations are ‘on a roll’ and which stations are ‘loos’ing out.
✅Follow @londonlooalliance.bsky.social for more details!
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
#WorldToiletDay is TODAY! 🚽
🔍Today, the London Loo Alliance will be touring the transport network to inspect some of TfL’s public toilet facilities to see which stations are ‘on a roll’ and which stations are ‘loos’ing out.
✅Follow @londonlooalliance.bsky.social for more details!
🔍Today, the London Loo Alliance will be touring the transport network to inspect some of TfL’s public toilet facilities to see which stations are ‘on a roll’ and which stations are ‘loos’ing out.
✅Follow @londonlooalliance.bsky.social for more details!
Happy World Toilet Day
Here’s a paper I wrote with @gaillyk.bsky.social
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Here’s a paper I wrote with @gaillyk.bsky.social
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To go or not to go: The challenges of UK public toilet provision
The United Kingdom's public toilet provision currently faces many challenges. This paper sets out some of the key barriers to providing inclusive toil…
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November 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Happy World Toilet Day
Here’s a paper I wrote with @gaillyk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Here’s a paper I wrote with @gaillyk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Toilet Maps Gail Ramster @gaillyk.Baku.social on the BBC Breakfast sofa.
Talking about the dwindling numbers of public toilets in the UK and the 15,000 publicly accessible
Toilets you can find using The Toilet Maps.
Talking about the dwindling numbers of public toilets in the UK and the 15,000 publicly accessible
Toilets you can find using The Toilet Maps.
July 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The Toilet Maps Gail Ramster @gaillyk.Baku.social on the BBC Breakfast sofa.
Talking about the dwindling numbers of public toilets in the UK and the 15,000 publicly accessible
Toilets you can find using The Toilet Maps.
Talking about the dwindling numbers of public toilets in the UK and the 15,000 publicly accessible
Toilets you can find using The Toilet Maps.
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Great to be at the launch of Wee the People, brilliant new book by @gaillyk.bsky.social & @jo-anneb.bsky.social at the @royal collegeofart.bsky.social. It’s a really special book. We’re very lucky to have @gaillyk.bsky.social in the Alliance.
July 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Great to be at the launch of Wee the People, brilliant new book by @gaillyk.bsky.social & @jo-anneb.bsky.social at the @royal collegeofart.bsky.social. It’s a really special book. We’re very lucky to have @gaillyk.bsky.social in the Alliance.
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In today's blog post, @jo-anneb.bsky.social and @gaillyk.bsky.social talk us through "Designing Inclusive Public Toilets," and why if designers can get these facilities right, they can design anything accessibly.
➡️ Read now: bit.ly/3TIXnEd
#AcWri #AcademicSky #accessibility
➡️ Read now: bit.ly/3TIXnEd
#AcWri #AcademicSky #accessibility
Wee, the people, need better public toilets! | Jo-Anne Bichard and Gail Ramster on Designing Inclusive Public Toilets
How do you design public toilets/public restrooms to be accessible for all? Jo-Anne Bichard and Gail Ramster talk us through truly inclusive design.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
In today's blog post, @jo-anneb.bsky.social and @gaillyk.bsky.social talk us through "Designing Inclusive Public Toilets," and why if designers can get these facilities right, they can design anything accessibly.
➡️ Read now: bit.ly/3TIXnEd
#AcWri #AcademicSky #accessibility
➡️ Read now: bit.ly/3TIXnEd
#AcWri #AcademicSky #accessibility
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‼️The worry of not being able to find a toilet when out and about limits many people’s daily lives, forcing them to make much shorter journeys or stay very close to home. This can have detrimental impacts on people’s mental health and wellbeing.
We are committed to changing this.
We are committed to changing this.
June 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‼️The worry of not being able to find a toilet when out and about limits many people’s daily lives, forcing them to make much shorter journeys or stay very close to home. This can have detrimental impacts on people’s mental health and wellbeing.
We are committed to changing this.
We are committed to changing this.
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My book is published today 📚. It’s called Designing Inclusive Public Toilets: Wee the People, written with @jo-anneb.bsky.social. It’s part inclusive design guide, part manifesto for better public toilets 🚽. Buy copies for all your friends! 🎁. Here’s what you’ll find inside 🧵
June 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My book is published today 📚. It’s called Designing Inclusive Public Toilets: Wee the People, written with @jo-anneb.bsky.social. It’s part inclusive design guide, part manifesto for better public toilets 🚽. Buy copies for all your friends! 🎁. Here’s what you’ll find inside 🧵
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MOTION AGREED! 📢
We are delighted that the @londonassembly.bsky.social has agreed the motion to ask for the provision of public toilets to be a statutory duty for local authorities, and for funding to be ringfenced to allow this.
Thank you @carolinerussell.bsky.social for all your support 😁
We are delighted that the @londonassembly.bsky.social has agreed the motion to ask for the provision of public toilets to be a statutory duty for local authorities, and for funding to be ringfenced to allow this.
Thank you @carolinerussell.bsky.social for all your support 😁
MOTION AGREED: We are asking for the provision of public toilets to be a statutory duty for local authorities, and for funding to be ringfenced to allow this to happen. www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
June 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
MOTION AGREED! 📢
We are delighted that the @londonassembly.bsky.social has agreed the motion to ask for the provision of public toilets to be a statutory duty for local authorities, and for funding to be ringfenced to allow this.
Thank you @carolinerussell.bsky.social for all your support 😁
We are delighted that the @londonassembly.bsky.social has agreed the motion to ask for the provision of public toilets to be a statutory duty for local authorities, and for funding to be ringfenced to allow this.
Thank you @carolinerussell.bsky.social for all your support 😁
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📢 My motion calling on the Mayor to write to govt requesting that provision of public toilets becomes a statutory duty for local authorities with ring-fenced funding to support delivery and maintenance passed unanimously!
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June 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📢 My motion calling on the Mayor to write to govt requesting that provision of public toilets becomes a statutory duty for local authorities with ring-fenced funding to support delivery and maintenance passed unanimously!
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. @london.gov.uk will hopefully now write to the government about making the provision of public toilets a statutory duty w/ ring fenced funding after @londonassembly.bsky.social passed a motion proposed by @carolinerussell.bsky.social today. Glad about role player by @londonlooalliance.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
. @london.gov.uk will hopefully now write to the government about making the provision of public toilets a statutory duty w/ ring fenced funding after @londonassembly.bsky.social passed a motion proposed by @carolinerussell.bsky.social today. Glad about role player by @londonlooalliance.bsky.social
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Public toilet provision is a public health issue and an inequalities issue. Some members of the London Loo Alliance will be at City Hall today, hoping to move the importance of good provision up the agenda.
Tomorrow London Assembly Members will discuss Health Inequalities in the capital. They will also debate and decide on a series of motions on matters affecting Londoners. Find out more: www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
June 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Public toilet provision is a public health issue and an inequalities issue. Some members of the London Loo Alliance will be at City Hall today, hoping to move the importance of good provision up the agenda.
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We're delighted to be at City Hall today to push for better public toilet provision in the capital at the @londonassembly.bsky.social Plenary meeting 🚽
June 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We're delighted to be at City Hall today to push for better public toilet provision in the capital at the @londonassembly.bsky.social Plenary meeting 🚽