Monday 15 April 2019

Swapping Toys in Cambridge


Mountains of toys and clothes that won't go to waste.
On Saturday at Storey’s Field Centre in Eddington I saw a mountain of discarded toys that will not go to waste. Since most of them were at least partly plastic, and not a sort that is easy to recycle, that is especially delightful. We’ve seen clothes swaps – this was a toy swap. The credit goes to Antoinette who runs the scheme (A Toy's Life and Beyond) – and also to the parents who use the service. On Saturday Antoinette told me she counted more than 150 heads (including children as well as parents). This is the third swap she has organised (the first was in December and then February) Out of half a dozen or so parents I spoke to, several had been to two of them, one came to all three. The fact that people are coming back shows that it’s a great service.