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Contact Info

Helen Crockford
The Real Nappy Project
Resource Futures
The CREATE Centre
Smeaton Rd
Bristol
BS1 6XN

Tel: 0117 914 3456
Fax: 0117 929 7283
Email
Map

Useful Links

Local suppliers and laundries
Click on these links for details of nappy suppliers. Also includes information on internet suppliers:

Gloucestershire nappy suppliers

National Organisations
Womens Environmental Network

The Real Nappy Association

National Association of Nappy Services

The Real Nappy Project

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Throwaway nappies are costing the earth – literally.
For tomorrow’s world and today’s children : it’s time to rethink

The Recycling Consortium's Real Nappy Project

Babbies with mums

Real Nappy Project - Market stall

About the Real Nappy Project

Set up as a waste minimisation initiative in 2001, The Real Nappy Project encourages parents, nurseries, clinics and hospitals to use washable nappies and reduce the volume of disposables going into the waste stream. It is run by the Recycling Consortium; an awareness-raising not-for-profit organisation.

The Real Nappy Project has worked with appropriate groups, organisations and institutions throughout Bristol, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire. It seeks only to inform the public and professionals about the benefits of using real nappies and does not promote the use of any one company’s nappy product.

Right from the start, the Real Nappy Project achieved impressive recognition with the award in 2002 of a national accolade received at the House of Commons. The award, for excellence at working with other agencies, was presented by Paul Burstow, MP, and Catherine McCormack, Head of Midwifery for the Department of Health, to Dr Mo McManus the Project’s Development Officer.

“It has been a wonderful achievement to get this award, especially as we have only been working on the Project for just over a year,” said Dr Mo McManus. “The award is a recognition that all of our hard work to get groups as diverse as community groups, hospitals, local authorities and environmental organisations all working together on this important issue, has really paid off,” she said.

Sadly with effect from 31st March 2009 Resource futures will no longer be running real nappy projects in Bristol or South Gloucestershire.

If you are a Bristol resident please direct all real nappy enquiries to Bristol City council on 0117 922 2100. They wil becontinuing with the voucher incentive scheme.

If you are a South Gloucestershire resident please contact Bruce Kent at South Gloucestershire Council on 01454 863588. South Gloucestershire have ended their incentive scheme but will still be honouring vouchers issued in the past year. To redeem your £30.00 voucher please send it to the address below with a copy of your receipt which proves you have spent the required £50.00 or more on real nappy purchases:

Bruce A Kent, Principle Waste Manager, South Gloucestershire Council, The Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood, Bristol BS15 9TR

Any voucher applications or reclamations for Bristol or South Gloucestershire that we receive from 1st April 2009, will be forwarded to the appropriate council to be dealt with.

Events that took place during Real Nappy Week 2008

Monday 21st April - ‘Nappy Roadshow’ at Kings Chase Shopping Centre, Kingswood

Tuesday 22nd April – ‘Nappy fashion Show’ at Armada House, central Bristol

Click here to see a real nappy video made for television by HTV

Friday 25th April - ‘Nappy Roadshow’ at The Mall Galleries in Broadmead, central Bristol

Saturday 26th April - ‘Nappy Roadshow’ at Mothercare, Eastville

What the Real Nappy Project Does

Baby with real nappy

Close up of real nappy

An outreach team work closely in the community with health visitors, hospital and district midwives and other health professionals, and directly with parents. They give talks and demonstrations in clinics, parent and baby groups, health centres, leisure centres, city farms, libraries and other public venues – wherever parents might be converted to a ‘new’ approach to an age-old job

The RNP set up displays and give presentations at public and professional events and work places
The project also runs a lending service, so that parents who wish to try out real nappies can do so without committing themselves financially
It distributes information widely and advises Councils and other nappy projects throughout the UK, and well as teaching on nursery nurses’ training courses
Our Real Nappy team can suggest ways of developing community initiatives, advise on how to give talks and reach a wider audience, and offer guidance on funding sources
The team works with other waste minimisation projects, liases with local authorities and is in regular contact with local nappy suppliers and laundry services
Nappy Incentive for Gloucestershire residents

What the Project has Achieved

The real nappy award

Baby & nappies at health centre

Through the work of the Real Nappy Project, significantly more parents are aware of the advantages of washable nappies and now use them instead of throwaways
The Project has set up a local supplier in a health clinic, the antenatal clinic of Bath’s maternity hospital and in two healthfood shops
It has worked with 3 local family centres to sell real nappies at cost-price to low-income families who are recommended by health visitors
A series of successful training days has been run for people who are interested in setting up real nappy networks in their areas
Presentations at National Conferences on waste issues and minimisation have been made by the Development Officer

Nappy Incentive Scheme

Parents and parents-to be have now got more reasons than ever to take up using washable nappies for their babies! If you live Gloucestershire you can sign up to an incentive scheme which will entitle you to money off your first purchase of nappies. Click on the link below to download letters with more information on how to apply.
Gloucestershire
With effect from 31st March 2009 Resource Futures no longer manage the incentive schemes for Bristol or South Gloucestershire.

Bristol City council are still running a scheme. For more information contact them on 0117 922 2100.

South Gloucestershire have ended their incentive scheme but will still be honouring vouchers issued in the past year. To redeem your £30.00 voucher please send it to the address below with a copy of your receipt which proves you have spent the required £50.00 or more on real nappy purchases:

Bruce A Kent, Principle Waste Manager, South Gloucestershire Council, The Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood, Bristol BS15 9TR

Any voucher applications or reclamations for Bristol or South Gloucestershire that we receive from 1st April 2009, will be forwarded to the appropriate council to be dealt with.

£90 Worth of Nappies for only £20!

Sadly this offer is no longer available.

The RNP Vision for the Future

Currently about 3% of household waste is made up of disposable nappies. We aim to reduce this figure to virtually nothing in our target areas. We aim to help communities become self sufficient in the buying and laundering of their own nappies. We wish to develop accessible local outlets and community nappy laundering services.

For more information on how to use real nappies and where to buy them from, please click here

Or contact:
Project Manager: Helen Crockford
Phone: 0117 914 3456
Email: helen.crockford@resourcefutures.co.uk