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Recycling school uniform for children in Chippenham and the surrounding towns & villages.

Easing the financial burden for families.

About Us

Welcome to Chippenham Uniform Exchange!
We are a not-for-profit community interest organisation helping families in Chippenham and the surrounding area with the cost of school uniform. Our aim is to create a single unified scheme for reusing preloved items of school uniform in and around Chippenham, Wiltshire. We enable families to dispose of outgrown school uniform ethically for the benefit of the community instead of throwing it away into landfill.
Families can pass on to us any items of school uniform no longer needed which can then be accessed at very low cost or provided for free to families who find themselves in financial hardship.
The scheme is available to all families with school-aged children who live or go to school in Chippenham or the surrounding towns & villages.

Opening times

Our opening hours vary depending on volunteer availability and are posted on our Facebook page each week. See our latest opening times here

Donate Uniform

Join the uniform recycling revolution!

We should all be thinking about our personal impact on the environment... Did you know that every year pupils create 7kg of school uniform waste? This equates to over 47 tonnes of uniform waste in Chippenham alone each year! Where does yours go?

You can donate outgrown items of school uniform at any of our community donation points at any time of year, at our premises or at any of our pop-up shops or uniform drives.

We accept all items of school uniform including logo items, PE kit, shoes and coats.

FIND YOUR NEAREST DONATION POINT

Buy Preloved Uniform

Save money. Help the planet. Buy preloved.

Recycling school uniform avoids waste and also saves CO2 emissions and raw materials used in the production and transportation of new items. It also significantly reduces the financial cost of buying all the school uniform that a child needs, which can be as much as £300 per child per year.

We aim to make good quality preloved school uniform accessible to all families in and around Chippenham.

Preloved school uniform is available from our dedicated premises at The Granary in Chippenham or at our pop-up shops and events in the community. 

 VISIT US
FIND A POP-UP SHOP
The quickest and easiest way to get uniform from us is to visit us in person. If this is difficult you can contact us to discuss alternative arrangements
  request@chippenhamuniformexchange.org.uk  

 Please note that any enquiry or request for uniform does not constitute an 'order' nor any guarantee that we can provide the uniform requested. We are unable to respond to enquiries as to the availability of specific items in specific sizes. Our stock changes on a daily basis and we are unable to reserve items or put items aside or keep waiting lists.

 You can use our service when your child starts school or whenever they grow or change schools.  All items are offered for FREE with a suggested voluntary donation to cover our overheads.

Please refer to our Terms & Conditions for further information.

Help Us

Support Chippenham Uniform Exchange

There are many ways you can help to make the scheme successful...

  • Find items of school uniform that are no longer needed and take them to a donation point.

  • Encourage your school, organisation or work place to get involved. Arrange a uniform drive, be a donation point, put up posters, send out flyers or promote us through your newsletters and social media.

  • Get your next set of school uniform from us.

  • Donate to us via BOPP.

  • Sign up to Easyfundraising (it's free!)

  • Volunteer with us! Pop in to see us or email us on info@chippenhamuniformexchange.org.uk to request an application form.

Thank you!

Easyfundraising

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What we've achieved so far

Our social objective is simple: we seek to ease the financial burden of purchasing school uniform whilst also reducing waste and protecting the environment.
22,819 

Items of school uniform donated

599 

Items of uniform repaired for reuse

25 

Pop-up shops & events

10

Uniform donation bins

17 

Volunteers

1,622 

Families helped

8,017

Items recycled

£121,664

Uniform costs saved

3,608 kg

Textile waste saved from landfill

21,645,900

Litres of water saved

28,861 kg

CO²e saved 

Our thanks

Chippenham Uniform Exchange is made possible by community grants and the support of local organisations and schools. Thank you!