Telford Is Now A Toilet Twinned Town!
Councillor Stephen Reynolds, the mayor of the Borough of Telford and Wrekin, has designated the public toilets at The Wakes in Oakengates as the mayor’s official toilet as part of a scheme to make Telford a Toilet Twinned Town.
The Ironbridge and Severn Gorge Lions and Soroptomists International The Wrekin have combined forces to twin enough toilets in the borough to give Telford that designated status.
Every toilet that gets twinned raises £60, which is used to fund a project in a poor community somewhere in the world that enables families to build toilet and learn about clean water hygiene which saves lives.
One in three people across the world do not have a safe and hygienic toilet and the toilet twinning scheme seeks to address that.
As part of the programme, the Lions and Soroptomists have twinned toilets in local businesses, schools, restaurants and public places to ensure enough toilets are twinned.
The mayor’s official toilet at The Wakes is the final one to be twinned and Councillor Reynolds was presented with a plaque to display over the toilet and a separate plaque to mark Telford’s twinned status by representatives of the Lions and the Soroptomists.
Councillor Reynolds said: “Every two minutes a child under five dies somewhere in the world because of dirty water and poor sanitation.
“Women and girls are vulnerable to being bitten by snakes or being attacked when they go to the toilet in the bush.
“I am proud that Telford is supporting Toilet Twinning to help flush away poverty one toilet at a time and I am delighted to designated the public toilets at The Wakes as the mayor’s official toilet.”
CAPTION: On a roll! From left: Lions member Graham Powell, Linda Devey, President of Soroptomists International The Wrekin, John Marsh, President of Ironbridge and Severn Gorge Lions, borough mayor Councillor Stephen Reynolds and Soroptomists International The Wrekin member Caroline Deacon.
