The chair of Edinburgh’s School Uniform Bank (ESUB) has shared the harrowing details of what they are seeing as referrals have shot up in the past school year.
Julia Grindley has said that those relying on their services have increased year on year since the charity began collecting statistics in the summer of 2018. This past school year has seen them hand out 1,100 packs of new uniforms - a massive jump from the 359 they received in 2018.
Julia says that there has been a worrying increase in families who are in work poverty using their service, she says that this shows that families who traditionally would not have required ESUB in the past are now having to call on the organisation for help.
