Parents travelling hundreds of miles to Clydebank to save on school uniform

Parents are travelling more than 100 miles just to save money on school uniforms, Clyde News has learned.

The Recycle Room in Clydebank says around 60 families visit them everyday for second hand uniforms.

They are travelling from across the country, with some coming from as far as Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen because the cost of dressing their kids for school is too high.

Our reporters Kerri-Ann Docherty and Linsey Hanna have been investigating:

Nichola Mable runs the Recycle Room on a voluntary basis and says: "A lot of schools want specific colours and when the colours change, especially during the jump between primary and secondary, it can be really difficult - even if you are working and especially if you have more than one child.

"We're getting local people... Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire but we are also seeing people coming from as far as Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh. They're coming from everywhere.

"The family we had from Aberdeen came last year as well and they're actually cheaper all getting the bus down and getting uniform from us than they are buying it where they are.

"If you go to a school that is a brown, or a green or a burgundy or something like that - they're not readily available. You can't just walk into a supermarket and get a jumper in those colours.

"You try your hardest and you are trying your hardest but sometimes it's just not enough. The cost of living is just going up and up and working families especially are struggling to cope. We get a lot more working families through the door than people who aren't working."