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School Uniform Swap Shop

School uniform is so often outgrown before it wears out, so clothes in good condition can end up being thrown in the bin. In just the South West alone 80,000 school uniforms end up in the bin. What a waste!

Encourage students and parents to swap clothes or sell them secondhand to raise money for the school.

Some schools (like Maynards School in Exeter) have a shop where secondhand uniform is handed back to the school and sold on to new pupils and the money raised goes back to the school. This could help create a culture where new uniform is the exception rather than the rule.

Honiton Community College asked parents to donate uniform, which it was then able to distribute to pupils who needed new sizes.

Torbay has a charity called Punks Against Poverty which has collected uniform to donate to people across the area.

The PTFA at Duchy Primary School run a regular school uniform swap, where old uniform can be donated and picked up for free. They run a stall at the school every couple of weeks – meaning you’re never far away from a new-to-you school uniform. This helps fight poverty and keeps uniform cycling around families, rather than sitting in drawers when it is the wrong size.