We extended Second Hand September!

We recently celebrated ‘Second Hand September’ as our monthly wellbeing initiative across the Kids Planet family, and it was such a success, at Head Office we even rolled it out into October. Our Sip and Swap final event yesterday saw colleagues enjoy some tasty hot chocolate and peruse the remaining items (seen in below video!)

Across the group, we embraced sustainability and making a positive impact with Oxfam’s Second Hand September – a campaign that encourages us all to think twice about buying new and to champion pre-loved items instead.

The nurseries embraced the initiative by visiting local charity shops and buying and donating items, reusing items within play, hosting their own swap shops, holding collection points for parents and the community, and much more.

It’s a powerful way to support the environment and make conscious choices that help reduce waste, save energy and resources, and much more. Plus it’s a welcome opportunity to find unique, one-of-a-kind treasures while being kind to our wallets.

Thank you to everyone who has got involved, here are some examples to name a few:

Staff and parents at Kids Planet Woodside kindly donated to local Salvation Army charity shop in Wibsey.

Kids Planet Leeds Church Walk had a collection point in the reception area for families to make donations of unwanted toys, clothes, and items for local charities.

Kids Planet Halton collected coats and wellies of all sizes to create a winter warmer swap shop to help families in the cost of living crisis and in the lead up to Christmas.

Kids Planet Sale did a ‘leave a coat, take a coat’ for families across the nursery.

Kids Planet West Bridgford used a wide range of resources, both in and outdoors, that are second hand, real life objects to create awe and wonder and spark some brilliant conversations.

Kids Planet Congleton challenged all the rooms to take a trip to local charity shops in the community to buy some enhancements for the rooms, and found some wonderful, unique treasures.

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