Old uniform - can it be sold in bulk?

[PAVolunteer]

I volunteer for the second hand uniform sales at my daughter's school. The school has recently changed policy so that blazers and some other branded items are no longer compulsory. We now have a huge pile of them that we can't sell and which are not going to be of any use to the general public.

I know that the likes of the Salvation Army (who have bins at our local dump) will take unwearable textiles to recycle into new fibres/pellets. I am not against donating the things to charity but the main purpose of our uniform enterprise was to raise funds for the PA. So I'd really prefer to find a way to turn these blazers into cash.

I wondered if anyone had any experience with an organisations who will pay by weight for unwanted textiles? Or has any other ideas? It doesn't matter if it's only a few quid.

Thanks!

It will probably be a few pennies rather than a few quid. Where I live, there are some charity shops that will have a rail of uniform and people can take what they like. And there are also rails outside some primary schools. Even if it’s not compulsory then they can still wear it.

I should have been clearer. They are not allowed to wear any of these items any more. School want to move away from stuffy blazer image. Kids all hate them anyway.

When you say pennies, do you have experience in selling bulk items?

There is a place near where I live so I see it all of the time. It’s 20p a kg I think for ordinary clothes but I bet they don’t take uniforms. I’ll see if I can find it online.

This is it. They don’t take uniforms.

https://www.cashforclothes.org.uk/