Back to School Swapsies

This summer, Staples is teaming up with Read International, a charity which seeks to provide educational resources to children in the developing world.

The idea behind Swapsies is simple. Students are always keen to start the autumn term with new pens and a pencil case but what happens to the perfectly good unwanted ones? Usually they end up in a cupboard, a drawer or even the bin. This year, we want the country’s school kids to take their decent, no-longer needed stationery into their local Staples store and in return we’ll give them a £1 voucher to spend on new stuff!

Read International will then sought through the donations, select the best re-usable stationery and ship it to underprivileged kids in Tanzania and Uganda.

Help the environment, help children in Africa and we’ll help you back. Top swaps or what?