Casual comfort for good cause

UNIFORMS and suits will be swapped for denims in schools and businesses next month to help tackle child poverty.

The 10th anniversary of Denim Day will be marked from April 20 to 29. All the funds raised will be given by the Irish Youth Foundation (IYF) to programmes aimed at combating the effects of poverty, educational disadvantage, drug misuse and homelessness.

A Denim Day spokesperson said the IYF was bridging the gap between what youth and children’s projects need and what they receive from the State.