Leith Collective will open its free school-uniform exchange on Friday, 26 June in Ocean Terminal.
The idea is to make sure every pupil can start the new academic year in August ‘looking smart and feeling confident’.
Good-quality uniforms, coats, gym kits, shoes, schoolbags and pencil cases are available completely free of charge, no questions asked.
This is the 4th year Leith Collective’s Sara Thomson has run the scheme', she says.
'Every day I see first-hand the huge inequality here in Edinburgh.
‘Education has the power to provide a path out of poverty, but for some children, just accessing that education is fraught with obstacles. A lack of uniform is one of them.
‘I hope that by providing good-quality items, no child will feel forced to skip school because they fear being judged for not having a uniform or for wearing ill-fitting or worn-out items.
‘All children should start school on an equal footing, and uniforms shouldn’t hold anyone back.’
Leith Collective is open at Ocean Terminal: Monday–Saturday, 11am–6pm; Sunday, 11am–5pm.
Or find them at Fort Kinnaird: 10am–8pm, 7 days a week.
Clean items for donation welcome.
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