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Media Statement in response to teachers humiliation of daytime wetting school girl
A disabled four-year-old girl was forced to clean up her own urine in front of her classmates after wetting herself. ...click more icon to read on

School Toilets Good Practice Guide published by Welsh Government School Toilets Good Practice Guide published by Welsh Government
The guidance is designed to inform local authorities and school governing bodies of their roles and responsibilities in ...click more icon to read on

Time for a Bog Standard Quarter of pupils avoid school loos, survey finds: Time for a ‘bog standard’, urges ERIC
A quarter of pupils in England’s schools avoid using toilets, according to a new survey by a charity which today launche...click more icon to read on

Netmums Research Bog Standard teams up with Netmums to survey children and parents
Can you remember back to what your school loos were like? Do you have any idea if school toilets have improved since the...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard news First schools to win the national School Toilet Award
Three schools have good reason to be flushed with pride. They are the first to have won ERIC’s new, national School Toil...click more icon to read on

Press release - 7 February 2011 ALBANY HEALTHY SCHOOLS SUPPORTS NEW SCHOOL TOILET AWARD
The Bog Standard Campaign is pleased to announce that Albany Healthy Schools is supporting the new School Toilet Award. ...click more icon to read on

Press release 18 January 2011 CRAE launches human rights magazine for young people in England
On Saturday 15 January, the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) launched a taster issue of The Right Stuff – t...click more icon to read on

Announcement Annual World Toilet Day 19th November
Friday November 19th is World Toilet Day. Celebrated annually, it’s a day to raise awareness of the importance of toilet...click more icon to read on

News Release - 21st October 2010 Bog Standard Launches School Toilet Award
The Bog Standard campaign has launched a new award for schools that care about their pupils’ toilet facilities. The nat...click more icon to read on

Survey Results Young people continue to avoid school toilets
A new survey re-confirms that children and young people in the UK are deterred from using school toilets in secondary sc...click more icon to read on

Comment Men should learn to wash their hands
Hygiene needs to start at school..... The following is from The Herald (Voice of Plymouth) website www.thisisplym...click more icon to read on

News item 22 March 2010 Polite Brits go to 'the Loo' while 20% refer to it as 'the Bog'
According to new research released in March by SCA*, one of the world's leading hygiene and paper companies, eight out o...click more icon to read on

News from our sponsors GOOD HYGIENE: WITHOUT THE SOAP OPERA
At the Association of Teachers and Lecturers Conference on 30th March, an eminent infectious disease expert, Dr Ron Cutl...click more icon to read on

News article in Evening Standard How to pick the best school for your children: Look at the loos
Evening Standard, Education Correspondent, Tim Ross 16.02.10 Parents searching for the best school for their ...click more icon to read on

News from our sponsor Quebicle Launch of new website
Quebicle are proud to announce the launch of our new website! At Quebicle we are hoping to make smelly, unhygieni...click more icon to read on

New sponsor for Bog Standard campaign Quebicle bring colour and imagination to school washrooms
Quebicle themed washrooms is the major new sponsor for the Bog Standard campaign in 2010, complementing existing sponsor...click more icon to read on

Announcement Annual World Toilet Day
November 19th is World Toilet Day. Celebrated annually, it’s a day to celebrate the importance of the humble, yet vitall...click more icon to read on

Press Release 11 November 2009 Children design school toilets that are far from bog standard!
Children at Bedford Primary School, Bootle, in Sefton just north of Liverpool, have been treated to brand new school toi...click more icon to read on

Press Release 15 October 2009 Bog Standard welcomes launch of Albany Healthy Schools programme
Free Hygiene Audits to be carried out Nationwide in Schools Bog Standard Director, Nickie Brande...click more icon to read on

Resource for schools School Information Pack
One in 12 children and young people in the UK struggle with bedwetting, daytime wetting, constipation or soiling problem...click more icon to read on

Lobbying June 2009 Please ask your MP to sign Early Day Motion 1089
An Early Day Motion or EDM shows the Government that MPs think an issue is important – MPs can show they support an EDM ...click more icon to read on

Lobbying March 2009 Answers to Parliamentary Questions on school toilets
Further questions asked by David Drew MP in the House of Commons. 25 Mar 2009 Schools: Standa...click more icon to read on

Lobbying March 2009 Answers to Parliamentary Questions on school toilets
Questions asked by David Drew MP in the House of Commons. 20 Mar 2009 : Column 1370W Primary Edu...click more icon to read on

Announcement 19 March 2009 Report published on E.Coli Outbreak in Wales
An enquiry into the 2005 Welsh E.coli 0157 outbreak which affected 44 schools, hospitalised 28 children and left 5 year ...click more icon to read on

Lobbying Early Day Motion on toilets and drinking water in schools, March 13 2009
An Early Day Motion (number 1089) was tabled on March 13th by David Drew MP to express regret that the Government has de...click more icon to read on

Announcement - February 2009 Albany and Bog Standard – on a mission to improve school loos
Albany Washroom Services is the major new sponsor for the Bog Standard campaign in 2009, complementing existing sponsor ...click more icon to read on

Press release 13 February 2009 UK’s best school toilet opens in Havering
A recently renovated toilet block at Bower Park School in Romford, East London is the first of its kind in the UK to be ...click more icon to read on

Announcement Annual World Toilet Day
Wednesday 19 November is World Toilet Day. Some people find this derisory – a day dedicated to toilets. Whatever next? B...click more icon to read on

Press release 10 November 2008 film on bedwetting available to view online
10 November 2008 PRESS RELEASE Bedwetting in children: A short film from national childre...click more icon to read on

News Millions of children in 20 countries across 5 continents are joining hands to encourage handwashing with soap on the first-ever Global Handwashing Day on 15th October 08
The first-ever Global Handwashing Day is revolving around schools and children as children suffer dispr...click more icon to read on

Charity award press release Bog Standard campaign wins top national award!
20th June 2008 CHILDREN'S CHARITY PICKS UP TOP NATIONAL AWARD ERIC (Education and Resources for Impro...click more icon to read on

An appeal to children and young people You are needed by 6 June for an ERIC film
If you and your family live close to Bristol, have been affected by bedwetting and are willing for your story to be told...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard on the Radio Bog Standard on Radio Essex
Nickie Brander, chief organiser of the Bog Standard Campaign, was interviewed on the morning Dave Monk proramme on BBC R...click more icon to read on

Press release- 6 March 2008 Launch of new ERIC website
6 March 2008 PRESS RELEASE Launch of New Website for National Children’s Health Charity www.eric.or...click more icon to read on

Press release - 29 January 2007 Bog Standard welcomes British Cleaning Council campaign
NEWS RELEASE Lid Up on School Loos Tuesday 29th January School pupils are shunning school ...click more icon to read on

New to Bog Standard website New improved Toilet Checklists
We have updated and improved our Toilet Checklists. They are designed to promote high standards in the ...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard in the Press Article in Leadership Focus
The September/October 2007 issue (27) of Leadership Focus (the magazine of the National Association of Headteachers) fea...click more icon to read on

Conference for parents Parent's conference on School Dinners 16th October 2007, London
Merton Parents for Better Food in Schools is an independent parents group that has successfully campaigned for better sc...click more icon to read on

NICE guidelines Bog Standard welcomes NICE guidance on UTI infections in children
NICE guidelines on Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in children were published on 22 August 2007. NICE (National I...click more icon to read on

Lobbying petition Sign new online petition to the Prime Minister
A new petition has been posted by a 17 year old student and an urology nurse on the 10 Downing Street s...click more icon to read on

Lobbying petition Prime Minister's response to Right to Go petition
The Right to Go petition posted on the 10 Downing Street website closed on 27 June and received 616 sig...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard on the TV CBBC Newsround Tuesday 12 June 2007
The issue of school toilets and the Bog Standard campaign are being featured on CBBC Newsround on Tuesday 12 June on BBC...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard on the Radio School toilets throughout BBC radio today Tuesday 12 June 2007
School toilets and the Bog Standard campaign have featured/are featuring in several BBC radio programmes today: B...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard on the TV BBC Breakfast Show Tuesday 12 June 2007
The issue of school toilets was coverered in this morning's BBC 1 Breakfast Show. Bramwell High School, Stockport, showe...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard on the Radio BBC Radio London Monday 11 June 2007
School toilets and the Bog Standard campaign were featured on BBC Radio London this morning on the Breakfast Show. The f...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard on the Radio BBC Radio Bristol Drive Time- 24 May 2007
Nickie Brander, chief organiser of the Bog Standard Campaign, was interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol about the restriction...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard in the Press Peter's petition featured in Daily Mirror May 24, 2007
In today's Daily Mirror in a full page article titled "Bursting Point", journalist Michele O'Connor features Peter's sto...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard in the Press School toilet petition on Prime Minister's website featured in Times Educational Supplement
Published: 04 May 2007 An 11-year-old boy who wet himself in lessons has lodged a petition on the Downing Street ...click more icon to read on

Press release - Guidance on school toilets published - 25 April 2007 Department of Education publishes school toilets guidance
We are delighted to announce that the DfES (Department for Education and Skills) has published guidance on school toilet...click more icon to read on

Press Release - GlaxoSmithKiline IMPACT Award 2007 Bog Standard campaign wins award!
We are proud to announce that the children’s charity ERIC (Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence) t...click more icon to read on

Press release - 22 February 2007 Bog Standard's response to BBC documentary
The BBC documentary For the Love of Loos (20th February), part of the One Life series shown on Tuesday evenings, highlig...click more icon to read on

Competition for pupils National charity ERIC launches children's competition
12 January 2007 PRESS RELEASE National Charity Launches Exciting Children’s Competiti...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard on the Radio LBC radio features school toilets on breakfast show
School toilets were featured on London’s LBC talk radio station on Nick Ferrari’s breakfast show on Thursday 23 November...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard in Journal Bog Standard article in School Health
An article on the Bog Standard campaign was published in School Health, pages 20-21, Volume 2, Number 2, Autumn 2006, wr...click more icon to read on

Bog Standard in the Press - 21 Nov 2006 Guardian newspaper features the Bog Standard campaign
The Guardian newspaper featured the Bog Standard campaign and the issue of school toilets on the front page of its Educa...click more icon to read on

Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England (OCC) Tell the OCC you want better school toilets urgently!
The Office of the Children’s Commissioner (OCC) wants to hear from children and young people. It’s their chance to tell ...click more icon to read on

New sponsor for Bog Standard campaign Armitage Shanks is our new major sponsor
We are delighted to announce that Armitage Shanks has officially become our new major sponsor. Armitage Shanks is the fi...click more icon to read on

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