Reducing back to school stress

For many families, the return to school brings a sense of dread. The cost of new uniforms, footwear, PE kits, stationery, schoolbags and digital devices can be stressful at best and often, simply unaffordable.

A recent Child Poverty Action Group report found the minimum costs faced by parents each year is more than £300 for each child at primary school, and almost £450 for secondary school.

The Charis Shop has a great range of vouchers for retailers selling school essentials. Our bulk order functionality allows you to deliver support to multiple families with even greater ease and as they’re fee free you can be sure that your support budget is being optimised.

Here are some of the ways you can deliver support:

School uniform

Primark, Asda, Tesco, H&M and Matalan vouchers can help ensure families have the school clothes they need to start the new academic year.

Footwear

Clarks or Sports Direct vouchers are ideal for school shoes or trainers. Footwear can also be bought from the retailers listed above.

PE and sports

Sports Direct or Decathlon vouchers are a great option for PE kits and sports equipment.

Stationery and accessories

Argos and WH Smith vouchers, and the larger supermarket brands are perfect for stationery and accessories.

Digital devices for study

You can buy tablets, laptops, Chromebooks and mobile data devices directly from the Charis Shop or send Curry’s vouchers to let your customers pick the devices they need.

Find out how we can help your organisation

As always, if you’d like to chat about ways in which we can assist your organisation with the delivery of your support, please do contact us.

If you are an individual looking for support please click here.