Information relating to changing room etc provisions in Council-owned swimming pools (Our ref. 884).
We have decided to release the information you have requested; - please see our answers below in blue from the Public places, Parks and Facilities team.
- Do you provide communal single-sex changing and showering facilities?
Yes, we do provide single sex communal changerooms. - Do you provide single occupancy changing and showering facilities? If so, how many at each site?
We provide single shower facilities at both facilities but not changing rooms. - Please provide any policies or procedures that apply to trans-identified people who wish to use the changing and showering facilities in your sites.
We do not have policies or procedures to currently fit this. - How are your different changing and showering facilities labelled and described?
We have male and female on the entrance doors. - At your sites, which changing room and showering facilities is a trans-identified male permitted to use?
They would use the male change rooms. - If applicable, do your facilities allow trans-identifying males to attend Women Only swim sessions.
We do not have female only sessions at our facilities.
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