Support School Children With Water Bottles

Description

The School Bank West Lothian are a volunteer-led group aiming to improve the lives of children in families in West Lothian experiencing financial hardship by providing them with a brand new school uniform and other clothing and equipment required for the school day.  

The families referred to the incredibly dedicated team at The School Bank West Lothian need help for many different reasons, such as fleeing domestic abuse, mental health issues, parents facing in-work poverty, and homelessness. Although West Lothian has one of the largest school clothing grants in Scotland, many families they help are ineligible for the grant or find that it doesn’t cover the cost of uniforms, supplies and shoes across the school year.

Currently 1 in 4 children in West Lothian are living in poverty, which highlights how important the work that the team deliver. 

In order to take part in their education every child needs the right clothes and equipment. Physical Education or P.E. is just like every other lesson, children need the right clothes, footwear and a water bottle. Most children have a water bottle, but for many of the children referred to the School Bank that just isn’t the case. This can affect performance and concentration and invite stigma. 

 

 

 

How can you help? 

You can help change this for a child living in West Lothian!

 If you or your business can supply brand new water bottles it would help promote healthy hydration and overall wellbeing, supporting children’s physical activity and concentration. The School Bank would also welcome any brand new logo’d water bottles you want to find a new home for. 

 

Get in touch if you are able to support or would like to find out about other ways to support the fantastic work of The School Bank West Lothian.