About us

At Happy School Bag we offer schools the opportunity to raise funds and at the same time to help our environment by keeping valuable and reusable resources out of landfill. We specialise in collecting and buying quality second hand clothes, working together with the pupils, parents and teachers to fundraise, recycle and educate. The scheme is suited for schools from playgroups to colleges as well as other organisations. This cost free programme actively promotes recycling at school and encourages children to become involved in waste reduction.

Book a collection with us to start fundraising now!!

How our scheme

WORKS

The Happy School Bag scheme is free, quick and easy

1

Simply fill in the online booking form or contact us by telephone.

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We will arrange a suitable collection date and time.

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Once a collection date has been confirmed we will send you our green collection bags along with advertising posters to help you to advertise collection around the school.

4

The children take the bags home and fill them up with unwanted clothes, paired shoes and accessories.

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A courtesy call will be made a couple of days before your collection date to confirm that you are ready.

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The children bring the bags to school on the collection day and our driver arrives on the arranged time.

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The bags are weighed on our calibrated scales.

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Once the collection has been weighed on our calibrated scales, a BACS payment is transferred directly to your designated Bank Account for a sum based on the total weight that was collected.

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Your feedback is important to us as it helps us to identify areas where we need to improve and evaluate changes.

What we collect

At happy school bag we collect men’s, women’s and children’s reusable clothing which could have ended up in landfill.

What we pay

We ensure that we pay out the highest market prices. At the moment we pay £0.60 per Kg when you book 1 collection and we will pay *£0.65 per kilo when you book 4 collections in advance (*4 collections must be booked at the same time on the same day).

We accept:

• Reusable clean and dry clothes

• Reusable paired shoes and footwear

• Handbags, Belts& accessories

• Soft toys (Teddies)

• Bed linen

Console games, souvenirs

What we don’t accept:

•   Single shoes
•   Mats, Carpets
• Duvets, Pillows, Blankets
• Curtains
•   Bric-a-Brac
•   Dirty, damaged or wet clothes

Sorry, no uniforms

IMPORTANT: In order for the scheme to work schools must ensure that collections only include the items which we accept(as listed). We reserve the right to cancel/refuse future bookings if any of the items we don't accept are included in the bags. We also reserve the right to deduct the weight of unsuitable items after the collection and weighing has taken place. We weigh the collections upfront and in good faith without prior inspection, so it is vital that the schools ensure from their side that any unsuitable items are removed ahead of the collection. Thank you for your collaboration.

TIP: In wet weather, protect your Happy School Bag collection by covering the bags with a plastic sheet, ideally store them in a dry and sheltered area, because the clothes cannot be reused if they are wet or damp and we don't accept them, so it is important to keep the clothes fresh and dry before they are collected by us.

Good deeds

You help to lower our planet's pollution by taking part in this great scheme which diverts textiles from landfill for the purpose of Reuse.	You allow us to create and retain jobs in the UK and in other countries.	You help disadvantaged people to afford quality second-hand clothing at affordable prices which they wouldn't normally be able to obtain.