Schools: Don't Pay The Price For Lost Property – Label Your Kids’ School Kit With Stikins®
UK primary schools are overflowing with lost property and parents are paying the price. Fortunately, there’s a simple solution that can save you time and money.
Keep Your Kids’ School Kit Out Of The Lost Property Box With Name Stickers
Stikins® offers a fundraising scheme that helps schools reduce lost property and raise funds by earning commission when parents order name labels.
We frequently hear from schools who are overwhelmed by lost property so we decided to conduct a survey to learn more about lost property in the UK’s primary schools. We found that:
- 98% of schools store lost property.
- 2 in 3 schools describe their lost property problem as medium (7-8 out of 10) or severe (9-10 out of 10).
- 90% of schools agree that top layers are the most likely items to go unclaimed, including jumpers, sweaters, cardigans, sweatshirts, and hoodies.
- 88% of schools picked name labels as the best way to reduce lost property.
- Only 3% of schools report that 75-100% of school kit is labelled.
All parents will be keenly aware of the cost of sending a child to school but it seems that few parents consider the costs of replacing lost property. Most school kit is identical and children won’t claim items if they aren’t 100% sure something belongs to them. While name labels might seem like an additional (and avoidable) cost, many parents discover all too late that replacing lost property ultimately costs more.
The best solution is stick on name labels that take seconds to apply and keep your family’s school kit out of the lost property box. As one of our respondents summed up: “If it's named, it will eventually get back to the child. If not, it won't.”
We make Stikins® with a unique adhesive so you can use one pack of our name stickers on all your kids’ school kit. This includes school uniform, P.E. kit, shoes, bags, lunch boxes, water bottles, coats, stationery, and personal belongings.
We supply name labels in packs of 30, 60, 90, or 120 labels. Our prices range from £9-£18 and include VAT and UK delivery. You can order online in a couple of minutes, we’ll despatch your order same or next working day by Royal Mail’s first class service, and you can get all your kids’ kit labelled in minutes.
Of course, you don’t have to label everything. Even buying a small pack of name labels and labelling the most expensive or easy to lose items can help to make a big difference.