Call out for Shropshire's public venues to join the Bins for Boys movement
A cancer charity is calling for public venues to add sanitary bins to male toilets and raise awareness that a lack of them is letting men down.
Incontinence can be a side effect of cancer and cancer treatment for many men who can be left with serious bladder and bowel problems following treatment.
It can also affect men who have suffered a range of other illnesses including Crohn’s disease and irritable bowel syndrome.
The Bins for Boys project is spearheaded by the Lingen Davies Cancer Fund charity, the region’s primary cancer charity.
Men who need a place to hygienically dispose of their pads, pouches, stomas, catheters, colostomy, or ileostomy bags following cancer or illness, are lacking places to do so when they are out and about.
Lingen Davies took the evidence from a nationwide campaign by various cancer charities, which also lobbied the government about the issue, and wanted to create a real and lasting change locally.
Along with volunteer support it helps raise awareness about the signs and symptoms of cancer, and the long-term impact it can have and with the Bins for Boys project, for men in particular.
