€9 a swap, 15 items back in the next size up, €6.50 postage, 10 working days.
At the sorting room
Back after the break, working through the parcels that landed over Christmas, oldest first.
Closed to 6 January inclusive. Notes sent over the break are answered in the order they arrived.
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Communion and Confirmation bookings open on the first of the month.
Communion and Confirmation outfits, one in for one out, €12. Booked from 1 February to 20 April.
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Rain jackets and puddle suits on the shelves, because it's March in Cork.
Communion outfits booking until 20 April. Write early if you need the busiest band, ages 6 to 8.
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Last call for Communion and Confirmation bookings on 20 April.
The outfit swap closes on 20 April. One outfit in, one outfit out, €12.
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Sun hats come in and go out again in the same week.
Mondays are closed all year, so the May bank holiday changes nothing in here.
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The quiet month. Send a summer bag now and bank it for winter.
Credits are held for 18 months. A bag banked in June can be drawn on for coats in November.
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Plain uniform starts arriving. Crests stay at home.
Send uniform early. From 4 August the turnaround runs to 15 working days.
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The uniform rush. Every family wants the next size up in the same fortnight.
From 4 August to 12 September, turnaround is 15 working days rather than 10.
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Back to 10 working days once the rush ends on the 12th.
Parcels landing after 12 September are back on the usual 10 working days.
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Costumes welcome, as long as nothing on them lights up.
Cloaks, capes and animal ears are very welcome. Anything with batteries, lights or a sound box is not.
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Mitten season. The radiator is filling up.
Coats, snowsuits and rain sets count as three items each, so four coats make a full send.
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Last posting before Christmas is 19 December.
Closed 23 December to 6 January. No sorting, packing or replies. Notes are answered from the first Tuesday to Friday after 6 January.
Before you post a bag
The swap fee
€9
For a bundle of 15 items in the next size up. No deposit and no membership. You pay by bank transfer once your bundle is packed, and it goes in the post the day the money clears.
What comes back
15items
Packed to your note. "No pink" and "no frills" are honoured.
Turnaround
10
From the day your parcel lands to the day your bundle is posted. 15 from 4 August to 12 September.
By post
No collections, no drop-offs at the door and no visits to the sorting room. We post to the Republic and the North only.
Christmas break
23Decto6Jan
Notes sent over the break are answered once we're back.
Sizes
56to152cm
From newborn at 56 cm to age 12 at 152 cm, in two year bands above age 2. Nothing over age 12 and nothing for adults.
Coats and snowsuits
3items each
Coats, snowsuits and rain sets count as three items each, coming in and going out, at no extra charge.
The Barter Sack
€4
A reusable heavy cotton post sack, 60 × 45 cm.
A note from the sorting room
Children grow faster than any budget does. A good coat should go on to a second child, not into a bin. It started with eight families and a kitchen floor, and the post did the rest. Every bag is still opened by hand, and every bundle is packed to your note.
Siobhán
Next
Your first note gets your swap number and the sorting room's posting details back within two working days.