The number of Glasgow families using school uniform banks has doubled in the past year.
That's according to Sandra Douglas who founded Back to School Bank; a series of school uniform and stationery banks across Greater Glasgow and beyond. The centres collate, clean, iron and put together full sets of school uniforms for Greater Glasgow's poorest children to last one week. Parcels also contain a school bag, stationery and hand gel to help ensure no child 'feels humiliated' and 'can fit in'.
Sandra, 71, fears centres 'could be at breaking point' as many are seeing double the amount of referrals from social work, local councils, schools and Women's Aid. The gran-of-seven founded the first Back to School Bank at her home in East Renfrewshire, which we visited, back in 2017.
