Call out for any spare school uniforms

AuthorStuart Whitaker
Published date26 January 2023
Publication titleTe Puke Times
Leah is the Graeme Dingle Foundation’s local Project K and Career Navigator Programme co-ordinator

“Last year, students within our programme at the [Te Puke High] school reported to us that one of the reasons why they weren’t at school as frequently as they could be was that they didn’t have the correct uniform and their parents couldn’t afford to get the items that they needed,” she says.

“I think it’s really sad when it’s really basic stuff and that’s a reason for them not to be there.”

She says she decided to be more proactive in the lead-up to the new school year and to collect uniforms that were no longer needed so they could be passed on.

“We know that lots of the students are changing uniforms from junior to senior...

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