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[PDF](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/436576/RR474_Cost_of_school_uniform.pdf)\n* Report: The Children's Society: The Wrong Blazer 2018 - [PDF](https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/the-wrong-blazer-report-full-compressed_0.pdf)\n* Facebook groups containing the words \"school uniform\" and \"swap\" or \"free\" (sample) - [XLSX file](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/school-uniform/raw/master/Scrape%20totals.xlsx)\n\n## Quotes and interviews\n\n* Yvonne Hall, founder, Facebook group for uniform donation\n* Kate France, founder, Uniform Exchange charity \n* Spokesman, Local Government Association\n* Spokeswoman, Price and Buckland (school uniform supplier)\n* Michael Franklin, National School Uniforms\n* Carolyn Budding, YourSchoolUniform.com\n* Emma Hardy, Labour MP for West Hull and Hessle and a former primary school teacher\n* Spokeswoman, Department for Education\n\n## Visualisation\n\n* Infographic: Cost of school uniform\n* Infographic: How much uniform do parents buy?\n* Grouped bar chart: Difference (£) between average cost of uniform in supermarkets and government estimates\n\n## Script\n\n[This XML file](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/school-uniform/blob/master/facebook%20groups%20outwit%20scraper.xml) can be imported into OutWit Hub to extract details from Facebook groups (untick rows 7-10) or pages (untick rows 2-5).\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fschool-uniform","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fschool-uniform","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fschool-uniform/lists"}