Generous residents across Sefton have once again helped keep vital school uniform banks topped up with donations.
This is the sixteenth year that Swops, Sefton’s school uniform bank scheme, has been running and it continues to go from strength to strength thanks to donations from people across the borough.
Clothing items both old and new are accepted at Sefton run libraries and Town Halls throughout the year and are then distributed to families and children in need.
Cllr Trish Hardy, Sefton Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities and Housing, said: “In a perfect world we would not need food banks or school uniform banks but, sadly, they are a necessity.
“In the last academic year we helped over four hundred schoolchildren and their families get access to much needed uniforms, from shoes to summer dresses and shorts.
“This scheme would not be able to continue without the support of our kind hearted residents.
“Through their contribution we have been able to help those most in need and will continue to do so for as long as possible.”
To donate to Sefton’s uniform bank please visit one of the local authority’s library buildings or a Sefton Town Hall.
To access the scheme or for more information about uniform banks in Sefton please call 0151 934 3359.
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