VHI Women’s Mini Marathon – Team Ballyfermot Advance Project!
At present we have a shower room which is very limited in size and privacy for the people who avail of our open access drop-in to shower, there is no heating in the shower room or insulation, so it is extremally cold at times and it is very small which makes it very difficult for our service users with limited mobility, there is no sink for people who want to just wash and have a shave. It is situated at the back of our building and is not very private as it is right beside our staff office and the staff toilet, which for female service users is very off putting, in short it is not suitable. In the drop-in we have a wheelchair accessible toilet large enough to remodel to an accessible wet room and also at the same time using a void space beside this area to turn it into an accessible toilet, we have a large number of people accessing our service with limited mobility and this service is vital to them. Our plan is to give our service users the dignity they deserve while showering.