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Baby Fair to combine family fun

and environmental messages
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is hosting a free Baby Fair at Steam on Thurs-
day 8 and Friday 9 October, 10am to 3pm.
There will be 25
stalls offering infor-
mation and services
for new parents and
mums-to-be, includ-
ing massage, pre-
natal advice from
midwives, a sale of
second-hand baby
equipment from As
Good as New, and
photography by To-
bias Robins.
There will also
The UK’s first rugby specific be some fabulous
play programme for entertainment for
children such as face-painting, Real Nappy Campaign, and the
young children
crafts, singing and signing, and an impact of disposable nappies in
unmissable opportunity to listen to landfill. “As much as one third of
inspiring story-telling by acclaimed the household waste of a young
children’s author and Story Sack family is dirty nappies.
inventor Neil Griffiths. “Reusables can save families
Admission to the event is free, £1,200 per child, and prevent up to 1
and there will be free car-parking tonne of waste going to landfill.”
Weekly play session for for the first 250 attendees, as well as Remarkably, repeated washing
2 - 7 year olds in Swindon free admission to Steam for all Baby still uses less energy and water than
A fun, energetic and Fair attendees. Refreshments will be it takes to manufacture disposables.
structured play programme available at the Steam cafe. Other benefits of reusable nappies
Tel: 0845 3133240 Paul Biggs of the Trust’s Envi- are that children tend to potty train
e: [email protected] ronment Action Team said that earlier.
this will be a great opportunity • Learn more at: www.youtube.com.
www.rugbytots.co.uk for new parents to learn about the Search - wiltshire+nappies
Autumn outings at Roves Farm

The countryside is always fascinating as the season changes and the
evenings close in and Roves Farm near Highworth is a great place for
children to make marvellous discoveries.
On Sunday 4 October there will be tractor rides around the farm to
find blackberries, hazelnuts and sloes growing in the hedgerows.
It will soon be halloween and the farm staff are running a pumpkin
carving session on Saturday 24 October, which includes a tractor trip
to the pumpkin growing field to pick the one you want to turn into a
spooky decoration. Warm clothing is recommended.
All dressed up for Rehab

Children at Headstarts Nursery in Westlea joined hundreds of others
across Britain who paid £1 to dress up as their favourite characters to
raise money for brain injury centres funded by Rehab UK.

Organiser Natalie Hoye said, “we explained to our children we wanted
to help other children who hurt their heads in accidents and need special
help in hospital and they were keen to dress up.”
www.rehabuk.org

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