A community initiative is helping more people than ever as soaring costs mean families can't afford to buy from second-hand shops.
The Original Swap Shop has been run out of Speke Training & Education Centre for nearly 10 years after a group of mums came together to share used school uniforms. The mums would recycle old uniforms and pass them on from one child to another when they had grown out of them.
But since then the community group has provided people with clothing, household items and food no matter their position - and most importantly no money ever changes hands. The swap shop is run by a group of volunteers led by mum and daughter Pauline and Shantelle Mensah.
