{"id":2708,"date":"2021-09-21T09:05:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T08:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=2708"},"modified":"2021-09-21T09:05:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T08:05:45","slug":"scotlands-baby-box-on-display-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2021\/09\/21\/scotlands-baby-box-on-display-in-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland’s Baby Box on display in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, we shared a blog post<\/a> announcing a new contract between Scottish Government and APS Group (Scotland) to continue to support the supply and distribution of Scotland\u2019s Baby Box and support for the Best Start Grant.<\/p>\n

One of Scotland’s Baby Boxes is now on display as part of the second ‘Designing Motherhood’ exhibition<\/a> at the Center for Architecture + Design in Philadelphia. Designing Motherhood is ‘A first-of-its-kind consideration of the arc of human reproduction through the lens of design’.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy Jelani Abdul-Aziz, Center for Architecture and Design.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The Baby Box initiative was launched in 2017 and is designed to give every single baby in Scotland an equal start in life. The Boxes aim to support parents and provide families with essential items needed in the baby\u2019s first few months of life as well as providing a safe space for babies to sleep.<\/p>\n

The Baby Box Policy Team commented, \u201cWe are delighted that one of Scotland\u2019s Baby Boxes is being featured at the Designing Motherhood exhibition in Philadelphia. This is a great opportunity to showcase Scotland\u2019s Baby Box on an international stage. At its heart, Scotland\u2019s Baby Box strongly signals our determination that every child, regardless of their circumstances, should get the best start in life by ensuring that every family with a newborn has access to essential items needed in the first six months of a child\u2019s life. It\u2019s a simple idea which helps to tackle deprivation, improve health and support parents during the first few months of their child\u2019s life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

As we celebrate Scotland’s Baby Box being showcased on an international stage, we can also look ‘behind the scenes’ to the #PowerOfProcurement activity which has resulted in the successful curation of the box, innovative contents and the delivery of a range of community benefits such as work placements and training opportunities.<\/p>\n

In 2019, APS won the GO Awards 2019 for Best Service for Scotland\u2019s Baby Box and have continued to perform very well to date.\u00a0 There are a number of benefits provided by the new contract (from April 2022) including:<\/p>\n