Loo of the Year Awards
Loo of the Year Awards | |
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Description | Recognising the best toilets in Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands |
Country | United Kingdom |
First awarded | 1987 |
Website | loo |
The Loo of the Year Awards are run by the British Toilet Association to celebrate the best public toilets in the United Kingdom, and promote high standards.
It receives sponsorship from a number of companies working in the field—Armitage Shanks, Albany Washroom Services, SCA Hygiene Products, Technical Concepts and the British Cleaning Council—along with the national tourism boards of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
History
First introduced in 1987, the Loo of the Year Awards competition has run annually, except for 1993.
Eligibility criteria
Any type of public facility (what the British Toilet Association calls an 'away from home' toilet) can be nominated for consideration. There are thirty-six different award categories in all. Eligible facilities can be located in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
Anyone can submit a nomination—staff, customers, visitors, managers, owners or contractors—but owners or managers must authorize entries.
Judging criteria
After an unannounced inspection from an authorized Loo of the Year Awards Inspector, nominees are graded on a scale from one to five stars. Grades are awarded based on a number of criteria, and are judged on both male and female facilities, as well as any baby changing and accessible facilities provided. The criteria include cleanliness, decor, signage, accessibility and customer care.[1]
Awards
Awards are given in a number of categories. A nominee receiving a five- or possibly a four-star grading will be considered for one of the following major National Awards in each of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland:
- National Category Winners (up to thirty-six categories in each country)
- National Accessible Toilet Winner
- National (Baby) Changing Facilities Winner
- Public Toilet Entries - National Winner
- Individual Category Entries - National Winner
Other awards include:
- Individual UK Loo of the Year Trophy
- The winner of this award is selected from one of the eight national winners in the Public Toilet Entries and the Individual Category Entries categories above.
- UK Corporate Provider Trophy
- The winner of this award is selected from organizations or authorities entering ten or more different locations and winning five or more five-star awards.
- Champions' League – Standards of Excellence Awards
- This award is presented to organizations or local authorities winning five or more five-star awards and who, in the inspectors' opinion, are maintaining a consistently high standard of management in all their Loo of the Year Awards entries.
- Local Authority Premier League
- Membership in the League is granted to the top twenty local authority public toilet providers.
- Attendant of the Year Awards
- These "people awards" are open to all full-time attendants, as well as employed cleaning staff and retained cleaning contractors. Separate Attendant of the Year Award Certificates are awarded in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with Commended and National Winners for each country.
In addition, the overall UK winner (either an individual, in-house cleaning team or external contractor) is awarded the Cannon Hygiene UK Attendant Of The Year Trophy.
Overall "Loo of the Year" trophy winners
The winner of this category is presented with a Golden Loo Seat Trophy.
Year | Winner[3] | Sector |
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1987 | Hatton Gardens Hotel, Upton St Leonards | Hospitality |
1988 | The Lido, Worthing | Local Authority |
1989 | Children's World Stores | Retail |
1990 | Eagle and Child, Gwaenysgor, N.Wales | Hospitality |
1991 | Grampian Road, Aviemore, Scotland | Local Authority |
1992 | Welcome Break Services, M3, Farnborough | Transport |
1993 | No Competition | |
1994 | Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon | Heritage |
1995 | City of Westminster Council | Local Authority |
1996 | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | Heritage |
1997 | The Manor Hotel, St. Albans | Hospitality |
1998 | Eurotunnel, Folkstone | Transport |
1999 | The National Trust, Gibside Estate, Tyne & Wear | Heritage |
2000 | The Oracle, Reading | Retail |
2001 | JD Weatherspoon | Hospitality |
2002 | East Lothian Council, Scotland | Local Authority |
2003 | The Eden Project, Bodelva, Cornwall | Leisure |
2004 | The Highland Council, Scotland | Local Authority |
2005 | Moto Hospitality | Transport |
2006 | The Camping and Caravaning Club | Holiday Parks |
2007 | The Trafford Centre, Manchester | Retail |
2008 | Asda Stores | Retail |
2009 | McDonald's | Hospitality |
2010 | JD Wetherspoon | Hospitality |
2011 | Ceredigion County Council | Local Authority |
2012 | Staffordshire County Council | Local Authority |
2013 | Brighton & Hove City Council | Local Authority |
2014 | Danfo UK | Local Authority |
2015 | We Clean | Cleaning & FM |
2016 | Gatwick Airport | Transport |
2017 | ABM | Cleaning & FM |
See also
References
- ^ "Inspection Criteria". www.loo.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "The best toilet in the UK REVEALED - and it's in an AIRPORT". Express.co.uk. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ https://www.loo.co.uk/216/Hall-of-Fame. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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