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suds in schools
United Kingdom
Aim
Lets work together to stop school children living in poverty suffering from the impact of having unwashed clothes.
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Many school children in the UK are seriously suffering as a result of not having clean clothes to wear.
According to a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, children currently face the highest poverty rate in the UK in the last 20 years. The problem is now impacting millions of families up and down the nation and many children are regularly missing school for lack of a clean uniform.
8 in 10 primary school teachers say they have witnessed a rise in the number of children attending school unwashed or wearing unclean uniform in the last 5 years and have found themselves intervening at an increasing rate (one third of teachers regularly buy their pupils toiletry essentials).
To create mini-launderettes in schools which need them. Providing a washing machine/dryer and all the detergent they need to ensure no child in their care has to suffer from the consequences of not having clean clothes/uniforms.
We recently set up our very first washing machine in a primary school in Blackpool, and it's already having a big impact.
Each school will be set up with a brand new washing machine/dryer (fully installed) and all the detergent they need to ensure children's clothing can be regularly laundered completely free of charge.
We need your help to raise funds so that we can start creating multiple
mini-launderettes in schools across the country during 2022.
There are two ways you can help:
1. Pledge your support, for every £800 raised we can set up the suds in school project in a school.
Donations of any size are gratefully received, and we've added some smol treats as a way of saying a big thank you.
smol will be supplying free capsules to accompany all machines. Your donation goes straight into buying and installing washing machines/dryers in schools.
2. Nominate a school that needs our help
Perhaps you belong to a school that would benefit? If so, please email us at [email protected] putting the suds in schools reference in the subject line.
This project successfully funded on 28th December 2021