School uniform banks

Local centres have seen a rise in demand for quality second-hand school uniforms from our uniform banks, uniform exchanges or community wardrobes, as the cost of a new school uniform is beyond the reach of many struggling parents.

Every day in communities across the UK, our officers and volunteers are stepping in to help parents provide the basics for their children. 

Uniform banks, summer lunch clubs and other community led programmes can only offer struggling families some short-term relief, but what they desperately need is support that lifts them out of poverty and puts them back on their feet. 

Which is why ahead of Government’s Child Poverty Strategy, we are urging them to scrap the two-child benefit limit, which would lift 350,000 of children out of poverty overnight.

Not all our churches and community centres run Uniform banks or Community Wardrobes as each location focuses on different local needs like homeless outreach services.  

To find out whether your local Salvation Army runs a uniform bank or a different community service, visit our map page.