PROCEEDS raised from a recycled school uniform stall on Holywell market will be used to help schools in the local area.

It was discussed at the recent meeting of Holywell Town Council what school should benefit from the previous recycled uniform stall held on the town’s weekly market by Cllr Lynda Carter – which raised £100.

Cllr Carter said: “With what was raised on the stall, I propose that schools should be in rotation of receiving this money.

“Now, because most of the original uniforms were donated from there, I would like to start by giving the first lot of funding to St Winefride’s Catholic Primary School and then start a tick list of the remaining schools in Holywell and Greenfield because this is going to be ongoing.

“Every £100 I raise will go to a different school in the local area for things like breakfast clubs or whatever they need the money for. There will be a relaunch of the town market on March 12 and from then I will be running more uniform exchanges.”

The stall idea came to the deputy mayor after learning that a survey completed by the Department for Education in August found that parents were spending an average of £230 per pupil without their PE kit.

The town councillor used the weekly market held every Thursday as a platform to draw people in the town centre and set up her stall to help alleviate the rising costs on families.

She offered a selection of uniforms from schools in the Holywell and the surrounding towns that were donated from people who had children that had outgrown the clothing and customers could choose to give a donation which she said would go back to benefit local schools.

She previously told the Leader: “By having a spare uniform on hand, it will ultimately mean that we are washing less often that reduces the amount of water and electricity used. The idea of a recycled uniform should bring no shame with it."