Swansea City has introduced nine stoma friendly accessible toilets to the Swansea.com Stadium to assist those with the condition attend Swans matches.

Festival Place in Basingstoke are joining our Stoma Friendly Toilets campaign and upgrading their facilities!

This Tuesday November 12th is purple Tuesday. We’re asking if you can you help us to make the UK more accessible for people with stomas? From Stoma Aware training, to Carers workshops, and Stoma Friendly toilets, Sign up your workplace to get involved, or make a financial pledge to support our campaigns!

Network Rail and Colostomy UK are delighted to announce that Bristol Temple Meads is the latest Network Rail managed station to offer Stoma Friendly toilets following in the footsteps of Leeds, Reading, Liverpool Street, and London Paddington amongst others.

“In May 2023 I had my colon removed. The support I received from a number of individuals and agencies was incredible. I have written this radio play because I wanted to do something to contribute to Stoma Awareness”

There’s great excitement in the Stoma Community that one of the UK’s best loved TV Soaps is going to feature a storyline where a major character (Bethany Platt, played by Lucy Fallon) has stoma surgery.
We spoke to Lucy about the story, how she prepared for it, and what she knew about stomas previously.