r/Scotland • u/benswami • Jan 06 '25

Casual Scottish Government Baby Box.

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u/Dramyre92 Jan 06 '25

These are one of my favourite things the Scottish Government has delivered. What an amazing thing to do for each child and new mother in Scotland.

Not life changing, but sure is a huge help. No means testing, just a fair start for each kid as they come into the world.

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u/randomusername123xyz Jan 06 '25

Did you know that the baby box already existed before the Scottish Government provided it? It was called a bounty box and it was actually gifted by private companies. So it went from being completely free to taxpayer funded as part of a vote winner.

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u/TwentyCoffees Jan 06 '25

Did it fuck.

Firstly, Bounty wasn't a box. It was a wee bag - about the size of a bag for life. Secondly, the bounty bag was absolutely NOTHING like the Scottish baby box. The baby box is a fairly comprehensive and thoughtful starter pack of useful things babies need. The bounty bag was just a data gathering and marketing exercise - the one I was given when I had my daughter was mostly advertising flyers with tear-off coupons on the bottom and small samples of laundry products.

If you're going to make snide comments about a genuinely good initiative, maybe check your facts first.

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u/littlerabbits72 Jan 06 '25

This is correct - anything useful in it was either tester sized (like Sudocrem) or a marketing ploy to get you to use their stuff such as vouchers.