Kit for all, Dundee

The community was asked to donate good quality clothing and equipment and a simple online referral form was set up for schools and families to make requests. Social media and school apps like SeeSaw were used to promote this opportunity, encouraging families to drop off or collect kit. With the help of Baldragon Academy and Morgan Academy, Active Schools Coordinators were able wash, sort, store and distribute packs of clothing and equipment ready for families to collect for Easter Camp activities.  

Extending the scheme to cover warm clothing

Susan says that although the original aim was to ensure pupils had PE kit so that they could participate and be active, they also ended up with extra warm clothing for families:

“Although this is not the aim of the project, it is a bonus and benefit of the wider impact.” 

Feedback from parents and carers

Informal feedback from parents and family development officers has been very positive and the scheme is addressing ways that they can provide this much needed help in a sensitive way. Susan’s advice to others for future projects would be to order a bulk of sealed postage bags to hand out kit.

“By doing this, you are giving the parent an opportunity to give the clothing to their child who might not be aware of their situation, it is a lot kinder this way.”