{"id":5715,"date":"2022-09-30T20:08:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T19:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/?p=5715"},"modified":"2022-09-30T20:17:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T19:17:22","slug":"how-to-start-a-revo-loo-tion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/2022\/09\/30\/how-to-start-a-revo-loo-tion\/","title":{"rendered":"How to start a revo-loo-tion!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, the easiest way is to get Kenilworth the status of a Toilet Twinned Town.\u00a0 \u00a0Our ambition is to get twenty loos across Kenilworth twinned with loos in the world’s poorest countries.<\/h1>\n

Why does a loo matter?<\/h2>\n

Well, we probably moan about the lack of public toilets these days, and particularly if we have to pay to ‘spend a penny’.\u00a0 \u00a0However, it’s hard to imagine not having a clean loo available at home or in our workplace or school.\u00a0 \u00a0As a woman or child, you’re especially vulnerable.\u00a0 \u00a0You might miss school when you have your period, run the risk of attack when ‘going’ outside at night.\u00a0 \u00a0 And as Soroptimists our hashtags include #westandupforwomenandgirls, #transformingthelives of women.<\/p>\n

You can read more about the stark statistics about the lack of a loo by clicking on this link Toilet Twinning sanitation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

So as women of action –<\/h2>\n

Our Club decided that we should do something about this.\u00a0 \u00a0By working with the charity Toilet Twinning<\/a>, <\/em>and the Town Mayor of Kenilworth, Sam Louden-Cooke we have launched our Town Toilet Twinning campaign.\u00a0 \u00a0Our Club aims to get at least twenty toilets twinned in four of these categories: –<\/p>\n