Notes
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The London Seminar
Cotton Nappies and Social Enterprise
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The first 18 months
APRIL 2003 - moved into Somers Town shop
JULY 2003 - NLWA cashback scheme
OCT 2003 - CRED ‘Density’ bid succeeds
JANUARY 2004 - ‘Density’ project begins
APRIL 2004 - Outreach staff start work
Match funding
Camden SES
Kings Cross SRB
CCCU
Sure Start
LB Camden Regeneration
CRED
TOTAL = 200,000 GBP
CRED scheme: ‘Density’
Pays for
Outreach worker (job share)
Collector
Manager (part salary)
Vehicle
Lower prices in Sure Start areas
NOT rent
Customer numbers
(beginning September 2004)
Customers signed up = 92
In Camden = 61
Other boroughs = 31
Signed off in Camden = 8 (13%)
Signed off in other boroughs = 12 (39%)
Tonnages
Diverted from landfill
Cashback works
Outreach works
Home washing
An expanding market
Not the same people as laundry service
Library scheme not the best way
‘Council nappies’
Wear & tear
Nappy ever after members too
Wider benefits
Education about reuse & recycling - composting / recycling on estates
Connecting new parents in danger of isolation
Occupying hard to let commercial property
Creating paid employment
Innovating
First nursery -  Islington
Green freight
WRAP tour - the social enterprise approach
Web based laundry round
Learning the lessons
‘Unfreezing’ takes time
Word of mouth works
Has to look and feel good
Customers attracted by the ‘buzz’
… and stay for the service
The other market - health and child care sector
Finances
Precarious
Rent must be covered by earned income
Costs (just) covered in last 4 months
450 customers by April 2006 to survive when CRED funding ends
Social Enterprise advantage
Retention, retention, retention
combat market failure
involving volunteers
targeting hard to reach groups
innovation
monitoring and evaluation
Opening Doors
Cashback incentive
Publicity materials
Sponsorship - logos
Endorsement opportunities:
ante-natal classes and baby clinics
swimming pools
birth registration
nurseries/childminders
Contact us
Nappy ever after
96 Chalton Street
LONDON NW1 1HJ
tel: 0207 383 5115
 babies@nappyeverafter.co.uk
www.nappyeverafter.co.uk