Lakeside shopping Centre wins Kamillosan Changing room award 2008

Lakeside Shopping Centre in Thurrock has come top in a UK baby changing room inspection organized by Kamillosan Chamomile Ointment. Mothers and grandmothers from across the country inspected baby changing and feeding facilities at 10 of the major shopping centres to see how they measured up. While Lakeside shopping centre came out smelling of roses, other centers such as Brent Cross had a bit of a pong in the air. As well as receiving the lowest cleanliness score amongst all 10 top shopping centres, the reported small changing rooms and heavy doors at Brent Cross shopping centre meant it was difficult for mums to maneuver a pushchair.

Kamillosan awarded Lakeside Shopping Centre with the Kamillosan Baby Friendly Changing Room plaque on 19th June 2008 to acknowledge the facilities offered to mums.

The UK inspection took place to help raise awareness of the importance of providing adequate changing and feeding facilities for mums and their babies. As well as general cleanliness, the baby changing rooms were assessed on how easy they were to locate, the amount of space available to accommodate a pushchair and bags of shopping, plus other facilities such as designated breastfeeding areas and necessities such as hot water, soap and towels.

Kamillosan product manager says:

"We are proud to be able to reward the Kamillosan most Baby Friendly Changing Room award to Lakeside Shopping Centre. Our secret mums gave their views on the baby changing and feeding facilities available at the major shopping centres as well as seeking the views of other shoppers at the time. The results demonstrate how some of the centres have a long way to go as far as facilities are concerned and we hope they follow in the footsteps of Lakeside Shopping Centre."

"The baby changing and feeding facilities at Lakeside Shopping Centre are excellent. They make a day's shopping so much easier because you don't have to worry about finding a discrete area to breastfeed or having to put up with dirty baby changing rooms."

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