What is the Radar Key Scheme?

The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) is a national organisation of and for disabled people.

The National Key Scheme offers independent access to disabled people to around 7,000 locked public toilets around the country. It ensures that people who need them can always find a suitable and accessible toilet in a good clean condition.

RADAR would like all providers of accessible toilets to keep their toilets unlocked if at all possible. The National Key Scheme (NKS) is suggested only if the provider concerned has to keep the toilets locked to stop vandalism and misuse.

There is a wide variation across Devon on where these are sold:

Keys can be obtained from

• some Social Services offices
• some District Council offices
• some Tourist Information offices
• some branches of Age Concern
• or you can buy a key on line. Order direct from RADAR who also produce a guide which lists over 7,000 toilets fitted with the NKS lock throughout the UK (NKS Guide 2007).

Note

In South Hams no public toilets require RADAR keys, however they can be purchased for use elsewhere from
Totnes Tourist Information Centre
Town Mill (next to Morrisons Supermarket Car Park)
Totnes
Tel. 01803 863168
Email enquiries@totnesinformation.co.uk

rather than the District Council or Social Services Offices.