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Uniform Exchange is the Kirklees community school uniform bank. We serve the local community by recycling out-grown school uniform across Kirklees providing families with financial challenges and in crisis with FREE school uniform. We do this by encouraging families through the primary and secondary schools to recycle and donate their child’s out-grown school uniform to the project. The service is available to all families in Kirklees no matter what their circumstances.

In 2021 we:
Received over 45,000 items of used school uniform from local families
Helped over 3,500 children across Kirklees with free school uniform including school coats and shoes
Gave out over 1,000 coats at a winter coat exchange
Recycled over 35,000 items of good uniform to families
Stopped over 10 tonnes of unusable uniform going into landfill by recycling through Oxfam
Washed almost 2 tonnes of good, but dirty, school uniform

We have over 15,000 items of school uniform available to access plus more arriving every day!

‘Collecting and Recycling School Uniform, Coats and Shoes to Share with the Less Fortunate Communities of Kirklees’

We are looking for volunteers to work at our Lockwood unit sorting and packing school uniform.

You will be part of a team helping to sort and prepare school uniform and other donated items for storage in our warehouse.

– Emptying donation bags and sorting through items

– Sorting and checking each item for quality

– Folding and tagging good, clean uniforms

– Cleaning shoes

– Putting items neatly on shelves and in boxes

– Stock control

– Moving items around the facility

– Everyone is asked to help clean and tidy at the end of the day so we always come back to an organised, welcoming space

Location:

We are based at: Unit 18 Railway Sawmills Business Park, Burbeary Road, Lockwood, Huddersfield HD1 3UN

Bus number 324, the nearest bus stop is Meltham Road / Bentley Street. Alternatively catch a bus to Lockwood Bar crossroads and walk the last 5-10 minutes

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We offer:

– Travel expenses

– Lunch expenses for a session of 4 hours or more

– Free tea, coffee, squash, biscuits and fruit during your session

– A suitable reference for potential onward employment

Uniform Exchange

18 yrs and above

• Retail
• Gardening/Environment/Practical

• Application form required
• Disabled Access

30/06/2026