Shropshire charity, Little Stars, gives away new and second-hand uniforms to struggling families.
Shropshire charity Little Stars collects donations of new and second-hand uniform items and gives them away at free events to families who are referred to them.
With just weeks until the new school year began, a pop-up event was held in Market Drayton for dozens of families. "The cost of buying uniforms for children is astronomical, there are people that are using these uniform hubs where both parents work," said volunteer, Ann Wilshaw.Siobhan, a mum using the pop-up service for the second time, said she would struggle without it."It’s helped me much more with blazers, shirts, the lot really. The blazers are like £35 each - it's £100 each child, really, for all their school uniform.
Ms Wilshaw said that schools using branding on their uniforms made it harder, as parents could not just buy generic clothing."The cost-of-living crisis has made it worse, but I think this has highlighted it even more when you're seeing a desperate scrabble for uniforms of all things."Fuel duty cut could be scrapped, says RACFears for future of free school holiday classes
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