£97,000 has been awarded to Crawley Borough Council from the department for Levelling Up  to install Changing Places toilets, for people who cannot use standard accessible toilets.

Once installed, both facilities will be added to the Changing Places website to make all potential users aware of their locations.

Cllr Gurinder Jhans, Cabinet member for Environmental Services and Sustainability, said, “K2 Crawley and The Hawth are extremely popular leisure and cultural venues, with more than a million people visiting them every year.

“These new fully accessible and inclusive facilities will be hugely beneficial to residents and visitors and I’m delighted that we will be installing them.”

John Dale, Chairperson of Crawley Disability Forum, Said “We are absolutely over the moon to hear that Crawley Borough Council has received this incredible amount of funding.

“We have been championing the need for more Changing Places in our wonderful town for many years and it is finally going to happen. Changing Places are also necessary facilities for carers as well, which is often overlooked. Changing Places change lives.”

A Changing Places toilet is already available in County Mall and one is being installed in the new Town Hall.