let my
everyone deserves a bloody good period.
We give menstrual supplies to asylum seekers, refugees & those who can't afford them.
let my
everyone deserves a bloody good period.
We give menstrual supplies to asylum seekers, refugees & those who can't afford them.
Helping asylum seekers have
a bloody good period.
Period supplies are not cheap. But they are essential.
We take your donations and supply them to asylum seeker drop-in centres and food banks in London and the UK.
We work to alleviate period poverty on the ground by giving these products to those who can't afford them, and opening up the conversation around menstruation to all and bloody sundry.
Help us alleviate period poverty!
The average lifetime cost of having a period is approximately £4800*.
We think it's madness that period products are not free for those who can't afford them. And don't even get us started on the tampon tax!
Asylum Seekers receive a paltry £37.75 per week to live on.
Contrary to what some media outlets would have you believe, they are not allowed to work, and cannot claim any benefits. On top of all this, many people seeking asylum have incredibly heavy periods due to the stress and trauma of being displaced.
Many resort to using toilet paper, scraps of fabric, or nothing at all.
We want to alleviate period poverty by giving these products to those who can't afford them, and changing the conversation by, you know, just talking opening about periods.
*£4800 is a rough estimate based on buying tampons, pads and pantyliners - since we’ve found that most use a combination of more than one of these things. In most cases the asylum seeking women we work with only select pads, but due to heavy and irregular periods, they will require far more than £4 worth of product.
£4 on tampons, £4 on pads, plus £2 panty liners = £10 x 12 months x 40 years = £4800
Of course, it’s really hard to generalise because the difference in flows and needs; some might say this is way more/less than they use, but it’s really just a ball park figure to show how it adds up over time. Some start their periods earlier/later but we went with the average 40 years of menstruating.
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“We see the same people each month so the women are starting to know me. I love that giving them pads is basically saying, 'We’ve got this covered, you don't ever need to worry about your period when you've got so much else to worry about.'”
- Gabby Edlin, Founder of Bloody Good Period
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“We see the same people each month so the women are starting to know me. I love that giving them pads is basically saying, 'We’ve got this covered, you don't ever need to worry about your period when you've got so much else to worry about.'”
- Gabby Edlin, Founder of Bloody Good Period
We are so proud to be collaborating with Mandu Reid from The Cup Effect to bring you CUPAWARE! (Like a Tuppaware party... but with more cups... geddit?)
Wanna find out what the deal is with menstrual cups? What even ARE they? Well now's your chance to get educated on all things vajayjay at our Cupaware Parties - you'll be doing yourself a favour, while also helping asylum seeker communities. Not to mention having plenty of lolz along the way in small groups of like-minded peeps!
from the Blog
