Case Study: The Spitfire Ground, Kent County Cricket Club

Kent Cricket’s EDI Action Plan sets out a 3-year programme to upgrade the County’s existing facilities to make them more accessible. In order to achieve part of that plan, the senior leadership team identified two key areas for attention:

1. The installation of a BS8300-compliant,Changing Places toilet facility, for spectators and participants with complex needs, and
2. The addition of a second accessible viewing platform, so wheelchair users are able to equitably access the spectator side of the sport

These two installations are just a small number of a multitude of improvements planned across all of Kent Cricket’s grounds over the next few years.

Warming Up: RISE In the Nets

Kent Cricket asked RISE to quote for both of the above jobs. Following a series of productive conversations with our team, we agreed that our CP+1 Changing Places plus accessible toilet product would best suit their needs. The CP+1 module provides everything you’d expect from a fully compliant Changing Places toilet (adult changing bed, peninsular toilet, hoist, privacy screen, grab rails, alarm etc.) while also offering the flexibility of an additional unit that can be used for more or less any purpose – most clients opt to turn this into an additional accessible toilet, but some choose to create baby changing facilities, gender neutral toilets or even just to have it fitted out for storage space.

Kent opted to use their own team to conduct groundworks; we supported them in this by offering detailed advice on the precise spec of what was required to ensure both sets of works could be completed safely and connected to utilities as needed, as well as carrying out our own due-diligence site surveying prior to the commencement of works.