This interesting article on the BBC website covers a growing movement in the UK which allows parents to donate school old uniforms.
Yvonne Hall, 38, from Stockton-on-Tees, set up a Facebook group for parents to donate used school uniforms. Her 16-year-old son changed schools in the first term of last year and Mrs Hall said she found herself with "another hefty uniform bill" of about £100 on top of the cost of the old uniform.
"I decided to donate the brand new uniform my son had only worn for a week on Facebook and it was snapped up instantly," she said.
The page now has parents sharing uniforms, PE kits and revision guides. A sample of 100 Facebook groups set up in Britain and containing the words "school uniform" and "swap" or "free" showed they had 34,110 members between them, an average of more than 340 each.
This seems looked a great idea to reduce the financial burden on parents and to recycle unwanted school uniforms. It would be great to see this type of sharing application coming to Hong Kong.
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