Research finds UK’s school staff spent £40m of their own money supporting pupils in hygiene poverty in past year, as campaign calls on new government taskforce to help
EMBARGOED TO 0001 TUESDAY OCTOBER 1EDITORIAL USE ONLY40 items of school uniform hang out to dry on a clothes line in Westminster, which represent the £40 million spent by state school staff of their own money on hygiene products for pupils, as laundry brand smol and charity The Hygiene Bank launch their ‘Clean Up Child Hygiene Poverty’ campaign. Issue date: Tuesday October 1, 2024. PA Photo. Backed by the teachers union NASUWT, the campaign is calling on the government to urgently address the issue of hygiene poverty in its upcoming Child Poverty Strategy.
EMBARGOED TO 0001 TUESDAY OCTOBER 1EDITORIAL USE ONLYL-R Executive Head Teacher, Sarah Smith, helps Hygiene Bank CEO, Ruth Brock, and smol Suds in Schools lead, Hilary Strong hang out school uniforms in Westminster as laundry brand smol and charity The Hygiene Bank launch their ‘Clean Up Child Hygiene Poverty’ campaign. Issue date: Tuesday October 1, 2024. PA Photo. Backed by the teachers union NASUWT, the campaign is calling on the government to urgently address the issue of hygiene poverty in its upcoming Child Poverty Strategy following research which shows UK's school staff have spent £40 million of their own money over the past year supporting pupils with hygiene issues
EMBARGOED TO 0001 TUESDAY OCTOBER 1EDITORIAL USE ONLYL-R Executive Head Teacher, Sarah Smith, helps Hygiene Bank CEO, Ruth Brock, and smol Suds in Schools lead, Hilary Strong hang out school uniforms in Westminster as laundry brand smol and charity The Hygiene Bank launch their ‘Clean Up Child Hygiene Poverty’ campaign. Issue date: Tuesday October 1, 2024. PA Photo. Backed by the teachers union NASUWT, the campaign is calling on the government to urgently address the issue of hygiene poverty in its upcoming Child Poverty Strategy following research which shows UK's school staff have spent £40 million of their own money over the past year supporting pupils with hygiene issues
