Bog Standard - Information section

Promoting better toilets for pupils

Useful Links

Our links have been organised into the following categories:

Organisations involved in Bog Standard
Sponsors
Related organisations and websites
Suppliers

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Organisations involved in Bog Standard
ERIC (Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence)
This is the charity which organises Bog Standard. It provides information and support to children, parents and health professionals about childhood wetting and soiling problems.
School Councils UK
School Councils UK is supported by the Department for Education and Skills and works with Local Education Authorities. It helps schools set up and run their own school councils.
The British Toilet Association
This organisation aims to improve standards of ‘away from home’ toilets, which include school toilets.
The Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association (CPHVA)
The CPHVA is the UK professional body that represents registered nurses and health visitors who work in a primary or community health setting. This includes over half the school nurses in the UK.

Sponsors
Armitage Shanks (Major Sponsor)
Armitage Shanks is amongst Europe's leading manufacturers of sanitary wear, including a complete range of toilets, urinals, washbasins, taps, cubicles and showers for schools and colleges. With over 180 years of experience, Armitage Shanks leads the field in innovative, practical solutions for every kind of school washroom. Phone 01543 490253 for a free schools' brochure. Armitage Shanks' Information Service for Schools: Direct telephone number 01543 413387 Direct email address Liz Tulk will be delighted to assist you and answer any queries.
Pendock (Supporting Sponsor)
Pendock is a brand of The Alumasc Group, a major UK building products plc. Pendock have been closely involved with the Department for Education and Skills’ “Toilets in schools” publication and offer a large range of cubicles and washrooms for schools and colleges. Call 01952 580590 for literature, a quote on your current project, or just a chat with someone who can offer up to date, practical advice. Telephone: 01952 580590 Fax: 01952 587805 Email: info@alumascinteriors.com Web: www.pendock.co.uk

Related organisations and websites
Trusteric is ERIC's web site for young people
This web site will be particulary useful for young people between the ages of 13 - 17 who experience a occasional or regular episodes of bedwetting, daytime wetting, or soiling.
Water is Cool in School
ERIC launched the ‘Water is Cool in School’ campaign in October 2000, to promote access to and provision of drinking water for pupils throughout the school day.
Views of pupils
A report from the Children's Commissioner for Wales on the views of pupils on the state of their school toilets. Carried out in 2004, it includes the Commissioners' main findings and recommendations.
UK Paruresis Trust
Paruresis means urinating (having a wee) in the presence of others (including in a cubicle if there are other people about) is difficult or impossible. The trust is a charity run by volunteers who are sufferers themselves.
Parcopresis help site
Parcopresis is the inability to defecate (have a poo) in the presence of others (or if there are other people nearby).
Child advocate site
An American site, concerned with the denial of toilet use at school. The site manager, Laurie A Couture, is an advocate for the human rights of young people. The site includes information on the medical effects of not allowing pupils to go to the toilet when they need to.
Research project
This features a research project by undergraduate students of the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Six projects looked at the state of school toilets in Sydney. There is a summary of each project and their key findings.
Design Project
WC's, urinals and washing basins designed for schools by third year industrial design students in Sydney Australia.
Promocon
Promocon is a national charity that provides information on continence products and services.
TUC campaign
The TUC 'Gotta go' campaign, launched in 2003 to force Britain's bosses to treat their workers with respect and provide them with the right to paid time off to go to the toilet.
Free2Pee Campaign
This campaign is run by the disability charity SCOPE. It calls for an end to ‘disablism’ in society and a major improvement in the way disabled people are perceived and treated.

Suppliers
Pixel Puppet
The Bog Standard website was designed and built by Pixel Puppet, a web design agency based in East Sussex.
Rachel Morgan-Trimmer
The content on this site was developed and edited by Rachel Morgan-Trimmer, a web consultant and writer.

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