Loo of The Year Awards announces Chrohn's & Colitis UK as it's Charity for the 2024 Awards Event

The Loo of the Year Awards is proud to announce Crohn’s & Colitis UK as its chosen charity for the 2024-2025 event.
The awards, which celebrate excellence in washroom facilities across the UK, are excited to support Crohn’s & Colitis UK in their mission to improve public awareness and access to quality toilets for people living with Crohn's and Colitis—two main forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) affecting hundreds of thousands across the UK.
By partnering with Crohn’s & Colitis UK, the Loo of the Year Awards hopes to shine a light on the vital importance of accessible, high-quality washroom facilities which make an essential difference for people managing the symptoms of these chronic illnesses.
Marianne Radcliffe, CEO of Crohn's & Colitis UK, commented:
"One of the biggest worries for people with Crohn’s and Colitis is toilet availability. This is increasingly challenging and isolating as the number of public toilets declines. Here at Crohn’s & Colitis UK, we give each of our 50,000 or so members a Can’t Wait Card, which they can show in shops, restaurants, and other venues to make it easier to ask to use the toilet without having to give a long explanation.
"Access to toilets should be treated as a public health issue by governments across the UK. National and local decision-makers must take action to increase the number of publicly available toilets, rather than allowing them to close.
"We’d also urge people to remember that not every disability is visible. Someone using an accessible toilet could have an invisible condition such as Crohn’s or Colitis and may need to use the toilet urgently."

The Loo of the Year Awards is deeply committed to raising awareness about the need for accessible washrooms and is honoured to stand with Crohn’s & Colitis UK in highlighting the challenges that people with IBD face every day.
This year’s event will not only celebrate the best in washroom standards but will also encourage a national conversation on the role of public toilets as a basic right and a matter of public health.