Bracknell Forest Council £30 Cash Back to try Cloth Nappies


Disposable nappies are not just expensive for parents – about eight million nappies are thrown away every day in the UK. Most of these end up being buried in landfill sites. We all have to pay for this waste to be disposed of and it’s becoming increasingly expensive as we run out of [...]

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Real Nappy Maths – you can save between £1171.44 and £395.62!


Olgas' son Sylas happy in his real nappy

An enormous thanks to Olga for letting us re-post her incredible research about the cost of real versus disposable nappies. Olga has set up Green Fluffy Bottoms which is a Facebook group dedicated to real nappy advice and chat. It was established in July [...]

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Two Week Free Cloth Nappy Trial from West Berkshire Council


Britain throws away nearly 3 billion nappies a year. Disposable nappies are not just wasteful and costly for parents, but dealing with nappy waste costs local authorities thousands of pounds a year.

Disposable nappies make up 6% of domestic waste going to landfill in West Berkshire and nearly 8 million nappies are thrown [...]

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Real Nappy Incentive Schemes for London


You can apply for a Real Nappies for London voucher as long as

You are a resident of a participating borough. (Click here to check if your borough is participating) You are expecting a baby or have a baby under 18 months.

Vouchers vary in value from £25 to £55 depending on the [...]

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Family with 9 children saves money with Cloth Nappies!


The Sullivan family have 9 children, from 18 years to 11 months and twins on the way. Their incredible blog is called ‘Larger Family Life’ and it is jammed full of interesting stuff. Mum Tania is blogging her twin pregnancy, writing about baking, homeschooling and loads of ideas for saving money that are [...]

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£10 refund or £10 for a sample cloth nappy pack in Essex


Essex residents can currently benefit from two promotional offers: Sample nappy pack £10 refund Sample nappy pack Parents can send off for a sample pack of cloth nappies worth over £25 for just £10, including postage and packing.

Each pack will contain:

1 shaped cotton nappy, gingham design (no folding required); 1 one-size [...]

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Telford & Wrekin Real Nappy Scheme


Telford and Wrekin Borough Council operate a scheme offering either a £30 cash back on purchases of re-useable nappies or a free 4 week trial of a nappy laundry service.

The scheme receives an annual sign up of around 100 households a year from approximately 1900 births. Each household on the scheme diverts [...]

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Is it greener to use washable or disposable nappies? (tell the Guardian)


The Guardian are using the ‘Ask Leo and Lucy‘ column as an  experiment in crowd-sourcing a reader’s question, so please let them know your views and experiences on this link and they will join in with some of their own thoughts and reactions as the debate progresses.

“I’m not sure what [...]

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Listen to The Natural Nursery on the Go Real Webinar 25th July 2011


Go Real Nappy Guru Bec and Arabella from the Natural Nursery will be talking about real nappies and natural parenting on the Go Real Webinar today!

Arabella has a wealth of knowledge about natural parenting based on  personal experience and extensive research and she is well worth listening to.

To listen go to [...]

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Fluffy Friday with Lactivist – Win a Wonderoo Nappy and a Cloth Nappy T-shirt – Ends 14th July 2011


This weeks Fluffy Friday competition from the Natural Nursery teams up with Lactivist to offer you a beautiful Wonderoo Pocket Nappy AND an organic ‘My cloth nappy makes me happy‘ t-shirt from Lactivist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wonderoo V2 has a soft and stretchy waterproof [...]

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