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- Sponsors
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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. ERIC (Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence) is a national children’s health charity dealing with bedwetting, daytime wetting, constipation and soiling in children and young people. ERIC provides information, support and resources to families and health professionals on bladder and bowel problems. Call the confidential Helpline on 0845 370 8008 open 10am - 4 pm Monday to Friday. | |
| 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 professional organisation for health visitors, school nurses, nursery nurses and other community nurses working in primary care. The CPHVA is a section of the Unite trade union which is the largest union 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 0800 590311 for a free copy of Armitage’ Shanks’s schools' brochure: “school solutions…what works and why. An informative guide to school washroom requirements”. The Bog Standard campaign writes, “Armitage Shanks is the first manufacturer that we know of to design products to meet recent Government guidance on school toilets. This guide should offer inspiration to designers and schools alike.”
Armitage Shanks' Information Service for Schools:
Direct telephone number 01543 413387
Fax 01543 492216
Direct email address crmupdates@idealstandard.com
Liz Tulk or any of her team will be delighted to assist you and answer any queries
Visit Armitage Shank's website www.armitage-shanks.co.uk
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| Albany Hygiene Facilities (Major Sponsor) | | |
Albany Hygiene Facilities is a company on a mission to raise hygiene standards throughout the UK. For the last 100 years Albany has been delivering best practice hygiene advice and solutions. From hand cleaning awareness, hygiene education for children, health and hygiene in schools, through to in-depth hygiene audits and deep-cleaning services, Albany provides a complete range of innovative products, services and solutions that help improve the health and hygiene of this country.
Albany Hygiene Facilities has recently founded the Albany Healthy Schools Programme. It is specifically tailored for the education sector and is designed to help schools improve their hygiene standards and reduce social, economic and environmental impacts.
Albany works with both academic and industry partners to provide essential research and knowledge. They work closely with the product design faculty at the UEL (University of East London) developing environmentally sustainable products. For the last three years Albany has been working with Dr Ron Cutler, Deputy Head of Bio Sciences at Queen Mary, University of London, constantly testing and evaluating the most effective hygiene systems.
To book a free hygiene audit for schools or simply speak to one of Albany’s hygiene specialists call 0870 366 5777
or visit www.albanyhealthyschools.co.uk or www.albanyfaciities.com
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| Quebicle themed washrooms (Major Sponsor) | | |
Quebicle is a unique and exciting company, recently created as part of the RIGBY Group of companies. With over 75 years of experience in all areas of construction, plumbing, mechanical & electrical works, they currently specialize within the schools market. Quebicle offer a complete package to schools: they design, build and install washrooms and shower rooms with after care services.
Quebicle are now leading the way in children’s themed washrooms and shower rooms. By involving the teachers and more importantly the pupils in the conceptual design stage, together they create a unique identity that the children have a certain amount of “ownership” of, thus generating additional pride and inspiration, encouraging the children to respect their facility for years to come.
Quebicle’s own design team centre an enormous amount of attention into high standards of provision, practical usage, aesthetics, hygiene and aftercare. They combine this with an emphasis on energy saving technology, which means that they can guarantee energy savings on power and water, year after year.
Quebicle currently offer a free consultation. To take advantage of this, or for any other queries you may have, please contact one of the quebicle team.
t:0800 9759229
e:info@quebicle.co.uk
w:www.quebicle.co.uk
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Related organisations and websites | |
| Trusteric is ERIC's web site for young people | | |
| www.trusteric.org is the teens' section of the main ERIC site and is dedicated to supporting young people. It contains answers to frequently asked questions on bedwetting, daytime wetting, constipation and soiling, a message board, access to the confidential Helpline by email or phone 0845 370 8008 open 10am - 4 pm Monday to Friday. | |
| 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. | |
| Liting the Lid - Views of pupils | | |
| A report called Lifting the Lid 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. The above link takes you to a pdf copy of the report. | |
| UK Paruresis Trust | | |
| Paruresis (often called Shy Bladder Syndrome) means that 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 and self-help organisation run by volunteers who are sufferers themselves. It has an information website and discussion board for sufferers. | |
| Parcopresis help site | | |
| Parcopresis (sometimes known as Shy Bowel Syndrome) is the inability to defecate (have a poo) in the presence of others (or if there are other people nearby). It has an information website and discussion board for sufferers. | |
| Child Advocate site | | |
| Laurie A Couture, is an advocate for the human rights of young people in the USA and is concerned about the denial of toilet use at school. The site is under new construction (as of November 2009) and a few pages of the previous site can be found under Children's Rights (Archives) on the medical effects of not allowing pupils to go to the toilet when they need to. | |
| Promocon | | |
| Promocon is a national charity that provides information on continence products and services. It offers a confidential helpline to provide impartial and unbiased information relating to 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. | |
| 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 (now based at SugarCat Publishing) | |
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