Cheryl recently organised a Water Efficiency presentation for all Tops nursery managers, with talks by Nigel Ponsford of South West Water Business, and Emma King of AquaCare.We learned so much – a lot of it surprising and thought-provoking, and wanted to share what we...
Poole-based SchemaPlay is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company run by John Siraj-Blatchford and Lynette Brock. The company produces publications, resources and training opportunities for Early Childhood Education; they are also committed to an early childhood...
Staff at Tops Day Nurseries Head Office have just taken delivery of a second TerraCycle Zero Waste Box™, meaning they can rest assured that even more of their difficult-to-recycle personal waste is being handled responsibly! Zero Waste Boxes are a convenient solution...
GECCO asked Abbie Hine, Founder and Managing Director of marine conservation organisation, WiseOceans, for her experience using reusable nappies: Abbie’s young daughter is regularly in real nappies Q1. Why did you decide to use reusable nappies? Before my...
Just weeks after it was reported two sisters from Southampton had gathered a petition of 400,000 signatures against the use of plastic toys in children’s meals, 8 year old Jacob Douglas from Basildon hit the headlines with his open letter to McDonald’s...
Nurseries are being encouraged to write to their local MPs now to gather support for the Nappies (Natural World Standards) Bill, which aims to reduce single-use plastics in disposable nappies and cut costs for local government and parents. The Bill which promotes...
Baba+Boo supply Tops Day Nurseries with their lovely Marty Mouse branded wetbags, and they are made available for Tops parents to buy.A wetbag is a reusable, waterproof and leak resistant bag that zips shut to help keep odours (and liquids) from escaping. Wet bags are...
Katie Duke, manager of Tops Day Nursery in Havant, has two boys, three-year-old Oscar who is toilet-trained and one-year-old Blake. She was using disposable nappies but has made the switch. She says, “If I’m completely honest, I thought using reusable nappies...
Cheryl was delighted to be asked to contribute to a ‘Teaching sustainability’ article featured in Nursery World’s 2019 Nursery Equipment supplement; she took the opportunity to explain the Tops approach to sustainable childcare & education, and...
Cheryl has produced a useful Sustainability Checklist for Nursery owners and managers, to help you become more sustainable in your day-to-day decisions, operations and activities.Cheryl will be launching this at today’s Ofsted Big Conversation (South West...
The small Pacific Ocean island state of Vanuatu is leading the global fight against plastic waste, according to a report in yesterday’s Guardian newspaper. The nation is believed to be the first to propose a ban on disposable nappies, to be phased in at the end...
Nappies a bit whiffy after a wash? Or smelling strongly when they’re wet? You can get your nice nappies back again by giving them a deep clean (sometimes called a strip wash). They won’t smell anything like as horrible as the one-use disposable nappies that sit in...
