THE popular School Uniform Store is returning to Ealing Broadway shopping centre this August, to help families find essential items ahead of the new school year.

From this Saturday (3) to Sunday, August 18 (10am-4pm), families will be able to pick up to four items for free.

The items included branded and non-branded core school uniform, sportswear, footwear and school bags, without having to make a donation. 

Visitors with unwanted school uniform and sports kit items at home are encouraged to drop them off at the donation point, next to Flying Tiger Copenhagen.

The shopping centre has asked that donations are of good quality and laundered. The national online School Uniform Shop has already donated more than 1,000 items.

Volunteers, supported by charity Mencap, will help run the shop.

This is the centre’s third pre-loved uniform store, with previous events last summer and at Easter.

More than 4,000 families benefited from more than 11,300 donated pre-loved school items.

The stores have also prevented several tons of items from going to landfill, with any damaged pieces being recycled.