A boy who struggles with a severe disability has got his wish after a supermarket in Redruth installed specialised toilets.

Adam George, aged 12, along with mum Rachel, had campaigned for the toilets to be installed in Tesco Extra on Station Road, with the facilities making shopping less stressful.

Rachel said: “Adam needs this, and the team at the store understand what the facilities actually mean for him. Tesco have created a completely new room."

Adam’s disability means he cannot sit or stand unaided and these toilets, known as Changing Places toilets, mean the pair, and many others, can go to the stores without worry.

The specialised toilets at the store will now offer him and other disabled people a larger toilet facility with a ceiling hoist and adult-sized changing bench.

More than 40 people turned up to the unveiling of the facilities, with Adam cutting the ribbon to declare them open.

Rachel added: “It’s taken a lot of work, but it will make a very big difference to people’s lives.

“One in 260 people in the UK need these facilities.

“It’s so important to me that the store staff listened and wanted to learn. They are clearly really good people and they are very proud to be doing this.

“Many people have no idea how impossible going out is without such facilities.

“For Adam, the thing that stops him living the best life he can is a lack of properly accessible toilets.

“Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK could be living better lives if the right facilities were in place.

“That’s why we’re so grateful to Tesco for what they’re doing here.”

Matthew Mills, store manager, said: “We wanted to meet with Rachel when we heard about her experiences with Adam, and we wanted to help.

“It was very quickly obvious how important the Changing Places toilets are to our customers who need them, giving disabled people greater independence.

“We hope that the Changing Places toilets we have created here will help to tackle the exclusion they face.”

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