Invest in your babies bum

When it comes to your baby, you will always want the best, right? This is why we believe that cloth nappies are 100% the way forward and will always advocate for their awesomeness!

Not only are cloth nappies plastic free (minus the snaps), the are completely chemical free. It's those pesky chemicals in disposable nappies that cause 90% of nappy rashes, therefore take away the chemicals, take away the rashes.

A lot of councils are currently paying out a whopping £77 million in landfill taxes and disposal costs each year! Wow! This is where the Real Nappy Funding and Vouchers come in handy for councils. Below is a list of councils that either offer a voucher, money back or kit to get you started in using cloth - as long as your baby is under 18 months you are entitled to one:

• Bradford: Free starting kit of reusable nappies worth £45

• Ceredigion: £40 trial pack

• Devon: Free trial kit

• Edinburgh: Free starting kit of reusable nappies through Changeworks

• Gwynedd: Free trial pack or a £30 voucher for reusable nappies

• Hertfordshire: £50 cash back or a starter kit worth £100

• Inverclyde: Starter kit with Changeworks

• Leeds: £30 cash back or a starter kit

• North Ayrshire: Free starter kit

• Southwark: Free starter pack

• Stevenage: £50 cash back or a starter kit worth £100

• Three Rivers: £50 cash back or a free starter kit

• Wakefield: Free starter pack

• Wiltshire: One-month trial kit

London Areas-

• Bexley: £50

• Camden: £54.15

• Enfield: £51.15

• Hackney: £54.15

• Haringey: £54.15

• Islington: £54.15

• Lambeth: £40

• Tower Hamlets: £40

• Waltham Forest: £54.15

Outside of London, councils are offering:

• Barnet: £54.15 cashback

• Belfast City Council: £30 cashback or a £50 purchase of reusable nappies

• Berkshire: £30 cashback

• Bournemouth: £30 cashback

• Bracknell Forest: £30 cashback

• Carlisle: £45 voucher

• Central Bedfordshire: £25 cashback on purchases over £50

• Christchurch: £30 cashback

• Denbighshire: £75 voucher

• Derbyshire: £25 cashback on purchases over £50

• Derry City and Strabane: £30 cashback

• Dorset: £30 coupon or cashback

• Dudley: £30 cashback on purchases over £50

• Essex: £30 cashback

• Fermanagh and Omagh: £30 cashback

• Flintshire: £75 voucher

• Gloucestershire: £30 cashback

• Gwynedd: £30 voucher

• Leeds: £30 cash back

• Lisburn and Castlereagh: £30 cashback

• Luton: £40 cashback on purchases over £50

• Newly, Mourne, and Down: £30 cashback

• Oldham: £30 voucher

• Pembrokeshire: £30 cashback on purchase over £50 (£60 if you spend over £150)

• Powys: £100 cashback

• Sheffield: £10 voucher

• Stevenage: £50 cashback

• Swansea: £100 cashback

• Sutton: £35 cashback

• Three Rivers: £50 vouchers

• Torfaen: £30 voucher

• Walsall: £30 cashback when you spend more than £50

• Watford: £50 cashback

As you can see, there is a real difference in what council offers what. But if your local council offers some kind of incentive/ scheme, contact them to accept their help. After all cloth nappies are an investment but once that initial spend is complete, then you don't need to pay anything else. No more running out of nappies in the middle of the night, and no more quick dashes to the shop to grab whatever packet they have in your babies size.