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Notes
Funding:
DEFRA
Legacy Fund, S. Gloucestershire Environmental Body, The Naturesave Trust
Scheme:
Outreach workers give presentations at antenatal, NCT, baby and toddler
classes etc. Modules which include real nappy education are taught on
the Nursery Nurses courses at the local college and on the GCSE childcare
course. Talks are given to local council waste and health committees,
and at the community development workers forum to find new partners.
A nappy information leaflet, free loan pack and video are available. Active
local media. The Recycling Consortium keep a library of baby photos for
supply to local reporters. Articles are regularly published in local newsletters
eg. Parish bulletins, NHS newletters, community and voluntary group newsletters.
Display stands are in leisure centres and libraries and at events. Permanent
nappy displays can be found in rural community centres. Together with
the community development worker at a South Gloucestershire Family Centre,
a bid was obtained from the New Opportunities Fund to support the sale
of
nappies at cost price to low income families - the centre buys the nappies
from a supplier, sells them at 50% of the cost and
then recoups 50% from the New Opportunities Fund grant.
The Project has arranged for Cloth Bottom Babes to run a part-time shop
in the Bath Hospital antenatal clinic. A similar set up is planned for
both Bristol hospital maternity units. Two other local shopkeepers have
begun to sell re-usable nappies.
The project is also working with the Health Promotion Breastfeeding team
to find ways to replace disposables that are given to mothers as a breastfeeding
incentive, with real nappies.
The development officer of Recycling Consortium's Real Nappy Project is
on the Board of the Silai Nappy Company, a local social enterprise set
up to make re-usable nappies.
A pilot scheme has been written and proposed to the local NHS Trust Continence
Advisor to consider providing real nappies instead of disposables for
older children and adults.
Monitoring:
There is close liason with each of the partners to record new customers
etc. Evaluation forms are completed after talks, demos etc. Evaluation
systems are being developed with health professionals.
Waste Evaluation:
There are at least 50 new real nappy users in this area every month
which means approximately 50 tonnes of nappy waste is prevented from going
to landfill every month. Parents using real nappies save about £300
per user.
Future plans:
Finalise council incentive schemes using the credit unions. Introduce
cooperative nappy buying schemes and establish community laundries employing
local people and used by local parents.
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