Ockbrook & Borrowash School Uniform Bank

13/09/2026

Please please please could you hold onto donations of uniform for the time being?

I genuinely don’t want to sound ungrateful, it’s just that I am not able to store and process donations at the moment. I’ll be having an operation soon and am hoping I’ll be better after that and that things can perhaps go back to how they were before.

The bin has been removed but donations are now being left in open bags with no protection from the rain 🌧️

So, if the bin isn’t out then please don’t leave them.

We will let you know when we can accept donations again because we couldn’t do this without them!

If people need uniform urgently and we don’t have it then I’ll put a request out and I am sure people will help.

I hope people understand 😊

If you could share this post it would be appreciated!

Thanks again ❤️

❗️ IMPORTANT MESSAGE - PLEASE READ❗️

We had another well attended event today. Thank you for all your donations ❤️

Sadly we are still receiving many items which we cannot use. To give examples, these can be -

❌Trousers where the knees have gone or are worn
❌Tops with stains
❌Yellowed or faded items
❌Scuffed shoes

We have limited storage space to store the clean uniform and we have approx 15 full bin bags of dirty and damaged items to try and dispose of this afternoon. This takes time and we are struggling to find places we can recycle this volume.

We appreciate all your donations but please please could you check the items before donating? We don’t have laundry facilities and so items must be clean and undamaged. If they look worn out or very tired we won’t be able to use them.

We really appreciate you taking the time to check.

Also due to storage limitations we will be accepting donations now only in the month leading up to a collection event. We will post again when we are able to accept donations.

Thank you! ❤️

01/09/2026

❗️UNIFORM REQUEST!❗️

Does anyone have any of the following that they don’t need -

ASHBROOK JUNIORS

❤️ Girls cardigans size 9-10 years

💙 Boys jumpers size 7-8 years

If you do, please could you message or comment below asap?

Thank you! 😊

30/08/2026

22/08/2026

❗️ IMPORTANT MESSAGE - PLEASE READ❗️

We had another well attended event today. Thank you for all your donations ❤️

Sadly we are still receiving many items which we cannot use. To give examples, these can be -

❌Trousers where the knees have gone or are worn
❌Tops with stains
❌Yellowed or faded items
❌Scuffed shoes

We have limited storage space to store the clean uniform and we have approx 15 full bin bags of dirty and damaged items to try and dispose of this afternoon. This takes time and we are struggling to find places we can recycle this volume.

We appreciate all your donations but please please could you check the items before donating? We don’t have laundry facilities and so items must be clean and undamaged. If they look worn out or very tired we won’t be able to use them.

We really appreciate you taking the time to check.

Also due to storage limitations we will be accepting donations now only in the month leading up to a collection event. We will post again when we are able to accept donations.

Thank you! ❤️

15/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended our event today. We hope you are pleased with the items you collected. It’s lovely to see so many people at each event.

We wanted to let you know about a little issue we have. Recently we have found we are receiving a large amount of uniform items that we cannot use as they are not in a good condition. This could be because they are marked, discoloured, damaged or worn out.

We are very grateful for donations of course, as we could not operate without them, but we are a small team and we spend a lot of time sorting through donations and it’s disheartening when many are unsuitable.

So, as long as items are clean, undamaged and in good condition then we would love to receive them please!

This weekend we have a car full to find spaces at clothing collection points 🤞👀

We hope you understand and can continue to support the initiative 😊

Thank you!

❤️

15/08/2026

Just a reminder about next Saturday 😊

22/07/2026

❗️NEXT UNIFORM BANK EVENT❗️

🗓️ 22nd August 2026

⏰ 10am until 12 noon

📍Borrowash Methodist Church Hall

❌ Please no donations of branded Ashbrook uniform due to the logo change in September ❌

Thank you for all other donations of clean, undamaged school uniform 💕

27/02/2026

Come along to Borrowash Methodist Church Hall tomorrow 10am - 12 noon.

It’s all FREE!

27/02/2026

All set up for tomorrows collection event. Come along from 10am - 12 noon ❤️