Katy RiggJul 27, 20203 minPlastic Free July // CLOTH NAPPIESWhen my son was first born, he would easily get through about 10-12 disposable nappies in any 24 hour period. I used to have palpitations...
Katy RiggJul 24, 20201 minPlastic Free July // MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS A shocking stat I recently learnt is that 1/5 of all ocean plastic comes from menstrual hygiene products. On average, a woman will use 11...
Katy RiggJul 16, 20203 minPlastic Free July // TOYSWhen we were expecting Rudy, I had the very romantic notion that we would only let him play with wooden toys. I didn’t like plastic toys ...
Katy RiggJul 12, 20201 minPlastic Free July // KEEP-CUPSPLASTIC FREE JULY // KEEP-CUPS You don’t need me to explain how a keep-cup works. But you might not know that single use cups from many t...
Katy RiggJun 29, 20202 min100 Days of LockdownHas it really been one hundred days? One hundred days of being inside. One hundred days of hand washing, of daily briefings, of wearing m...
Katy RiggJun 24, 20203 minThe Waiting GameYesterday was a year ago since my son’s due date and all those feelings of waiting and wondering and the nervous roller-coaster belly flu...
Katy RiggJun 16, 20202 minA quick lesson in self-careOn Friday night, I cut my finger whilst making a salad. And not a fancy salad either; a token side salad to go with a pizza. The cut was ...
Katy RiggJun 3, 20201 minWhat can white people do right now?We can talk to our children about white privilege. Not to make them ashamed of who they are or to make them apologise for being white But...
Katy RiggMay 9, 20202 minA new generation of kindnessSomething occurred to me recently, whilst I was out for my daily walk, slaloming through the silent streets of Walthamstow. I looked arou...
Katy RiggMay 4, 20202 minInternational Day of the MidwifeHappy International Day of the Midwife! When our son was born, the stars were so aligned that after a hot curry on Drummond Street and se...
Katy RiggApr 23, 20203 minKate, 35Kate is from Manchester, but she now lives in Toronto with her boyfriend, their roommate, a cat called Ted and a dog called Franklin. She...
Katy RiggApr 17, 20202 minWe might be in a storm right now, but we're not in the same boatWe might all be facing a storm right now, but we must stop pretending we’re all in the same boat. Some people are faring this storm in a ...
Katy RiggApr 6, 20202 minThe beautiful things Amongst all the chaos and all the fear, we must stop and acknowledge the beautiful things too. This will all feel harder if we don’t. The...
Katy RiggApr 1, 20201 minOn every street...On every street in every city, the people clapped and cheered and banged their pots and pans and came together for the first time. They h...
Katy RiggApr 1, 20203 minSiobhan, 35History Teacher, Siobhan, shares her experience of how living with a chronic health condition helped her to prepare for life in lockdown....
Katy RiggJan 6, 20196 minMary Ann, 15The youth of today don’t get much credit, do they? People are quick to write them all off as being self-obsessed snowflakes who can name ...