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ITV Granada Reports journalist Emma Sweeney went to meet those at The Cherry Tree Project, a group that is running a scheme to support families who are unable to afford school uniform.

A community group is helping families who are struggling to afford school uniforms by recycling old ones as figures reveal more than one in three parents in the North West struggle to buy them for their children.

The Cherry Tree Project, based in Stockport , found that some parents are choosing to go without food instead of sending their children to school without a full uniform.

To combat the issue the charity began running the scheme ‘Reloved Uniforms’, designed to support those families in need.

It comes as a survey, released by The Children’s Society, revealed almost ha

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