We are actively working to improve wheelchair access to our building.

Currently, our ground floor (which includes our Big Room, Art Room and Small Room) is accessed via 4 steps at the front of the building / main entrance but can also be accessed via two back doors at the rear of the building where a portable ramp is available. Our backdoor is accessed via a concrete laneway, through our rear courtyard. The laneway is entirely smooth excepting a cobblestone driveway connecting the street to the lane. Our back doorway is 84cm wide and our bi-folding backdoorway is 2 meters wide.

Our ground floor has a wheelchair accessible bathroom that is 1.9m x 3.3m in size with a doorway of 86cm wide and includes a Caroma Care 800 toilet with backrest, sink height of 80cm and two grab rails.

Doorways to our Big Room are 80cm wide, Small Room doorway is 79cm wide and Art Room doorway is 76cm wide.

Our narrowest ground floor corridor is 1m wide.

Our upper level is accessed via a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible. We are actively seeking funding to improve the overall accessibility of our space and apologise for the current accessibility restrictions of Take Care.

Take Care’s Small Room has a Firm n Fold Zuma Ultra Treatment Table (massage table) with a static weight capacity or 1250kg and a working weight capacity 204kg.

Take Care’s stackable white chairs have a maximum weight capacity of 130kg.

None of our trestle tables are designed to hold body weight.

Take Care’s front entrance has 4 concrete steps up into the front ground level foyer.

Take Care’s ground floor back entrance has 1 step up into the ground floor of the building, with portable ramp available.

The upper level is accessed via 16 concrete stairs at the front of the building or via 17 wooden stairs at the back of the building .

All Take Care doors are hinged doors with handles at 90cm or higher.

Ground Floor Door Widths

Street Front Double Doors: 84cm when one is open or 172.5cm when both are open.

Take Care Front Doorway: 89cm wide

Art Room Doorway: 76cm wide

Small Room Doorway: 79cm wide

Big Room Doorways: 80cm

Kitchen Doorway: 79cm wide

Main Bathroom Doorway: 77.5cm

Accessible Bathroom Doorway: 86cm wide

Back Doorway (with Ramp Option): 84cm

Back Bifold Doorway (with ramp option) 2 meters wide

All lights in our building are dimmable. Big Room lights are both dimmable and RGB colour adjustable.

All bookings in the building can request floor cushions, blankets or yoga mats.

We have made an effort to soundproof our rooms as best as possible. Our Big Room is our most sound proofed room. Our other rooms all have external windows which leak sound. Our Big Room and Art Room both have curtains and furniture or sound absorbing panels that reduce the room’s echo. Our Chapel has a substantial echo.

Our Art Room has a 360 floor to ceiling velvet curtain that can be open or closed. When closed, we call the space our Velvet Room. It absorbs sound and the light in the velvet room is both dimmable and RGB colour adjustable. The velvet room has a velvet corner sofa, shag rug and two bean bags.

We have a shaded courtyard at the rear of our building with an outdoor sofa and lots of ferns. Smoking is allowed in this area.

We do not currently have a hearing augmentation system or tactile signs.

Pitt Street is located on the Lygon Street Tram line, serviced by the number 1 and 6 trams. Lygon Street tram stops are not ramp accessed stops. The closes ramp accessed tram stop to Take Care is Nicholson Street, stop 21 on the 96 tram line which is 950 meters away and requires crossing 4 streets, 3 of which has pedestrian lights.

The closest train station is Jewell Station which is 1.7km away.

Pitt Street has one accessible parking bay, one 30 minute parking bay, six 5 hour parking bays, three loading zones, seventeen unlimited parking pays and one 1 hour parking bay. Parks can be hard to come by on Pitt Street and we recommend Loyola Avenue as a secondary option for parking. No street crossing is required on the walk from Loyola Avenue to Take Care. Parking inspectors do patrol the area.

Take Care has two permanently fixed bicycle lock-up bars at the front of the building.

All our bathrooms are gender neutral and are stocked with tampons, pads and first aid kits.

Our main bathroom on the ground floor and our main bathroom on the upper level both have two cubicles and communal hand basins. Our wheelchair accessible bathroom on the ground floor is a private bathroom with its own hand basin.

If our pricing doesn’t fit your budget, please get in touch so we can discuss. We gladly accept trades in place of payment and can offer discounts or sponsorship to non-for profits and fundraiser events.

We have comfort items available in the studio including a microwavable heat bag, blankets, rescue remedy, calming tea, floor cushions, yoga mats, fidget toys, scented candles, a diffuser with essential oils, a very soft dog named Goose, couches in communal areas and destiny cards. There is a phone number on our notice board that you can text to request any of these items.

Our studio has two fire extinguishes on each level - one dry chemical and one water extinguisher per level.

A first aid kit can be found on each level containing x.

Both levels of our studio have an entry/exit at the front of the building as well as an entry/exit at the rear of the building.

Please text or call 0401 607 844 between 9am and 5pm or at anytime during an event at Take Care. This phone number is also on our studio noticeboard.

We love dogs and have three studio regulars - Goose, Terrence and Charlie. If you have dog allergies or prefer not to be around a dog, please advise us before your booking.

Incense and essential oils are often used in the studio. Please advise us before your booking if you’d like us to minimise perfumed products within the space.

Cleaning products used at Take Care are mostly low chemical, eco products excepting Domestos which contains sodium hypochlorite 4.5g per 100g and less than 5% chlorine based bleaching agent (Sodium Hypochlorite), non-ionic surfactants, soap, perfume. Domestos is used to clean our toilets and added to our mop bucket for cleaning floors. Our tattoo studio also uses Viraclean to clean surfaces.

Our studio is swept/vacuumed daily.

All surfaces in our building have been painted or coated in the last 3 years.

We’re working enthusiastically to improve our offering and increase the accessibility, inclusivity and comfrot of our space. Please ask us any questions you might have that we haven’t covered here. We also invite you to help us do better and share your feedback, requests and suggestions.