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Eight-year-old takes on supermarkets over school trouser pockets

Georgia stands in the street with her hands in her pockets of her school trousers. She also wears a blue school cardigan. Contributed

Girls need pockets too!

Meet eight-year-old Georgia from Ipswich.

She was unhappy when she went to her local Sainsbury's store looking to buy school trousers with her mum, and noticed the trousers aimed at girls didn't have pockets.

"They didn't have real pockets; they just had fake ones," she said.

"Then we went in the boys section and they had pockets and I thought it was unfair, so I bought boys' trousers."

She was so disappointed with the selection on offer in the huge supermarket, she wrote a letter to highlight the issue, arguing that "girls need to carry things too".

Image shows a letter on yellow paper written by a school girl. It reads: "Dear Sainsbury's, Me and my Mummy went shopping for trousers for school and we noticed there weren't any pockets in the girls trousers. Girls need to carry things too! When will this change?"Contributed

Georgia wrote a letter to Sainsbury's... and they replied

Georgia took her campaign further by starting a petition at her school, gathering 56 signatures.

Tu, the brand behind the clothing range at Sainsbury's, wrote a letter back to Georgia, with a spokesperson saying they "agree they should (have pockets)".

The letter also said her opinion counts and had been noted.

The typed letter from Sainsbury's reads: Dear Georgia, Thanks you for your letter. I'm sorry currently girls school trousers do not have pockets. I agree they should! I've noted your complaint for our production team to review. They will check to see how many other customers have logged the same complaint and review their style for girls trousers based on the feed back. Your opinion counts and is noted. Thank you for taking time out to write to us. Hope you have a lovely day.Contributed

Sainsbury's replied to Georgia's letter

A few months later, Georgia and her mum returned to the shop and noticed there were pockets in the girls' trousers.

The new options also have a bow stitched into the waist, helping them stand apart from the trousers aimed at boys.

Image shows a pair of trousers with pockets, next to a pair of trousers with fake pockets in them. Contributed

New trousers with usable pockets

When approached by the BBC, Sainsbury's didn't say how much Georgia's letter and petitioning influenced the decision to add pockets.

But their spokesperson said: "Customer feedback is really important to us and we share Georgia's passion for offering a choice in style of school uniform."