No Period Left Behind
All across Sheffield vulnerable women are missing out on necessary sanitary products. On average, people with periods spend £13 per month on sanitary products but for hundreds of women in our local area this is simply not an expense they can stretch to.
Sheffield City Council doesn’t provide homeless or domestic violence shelters with funding for this issue and as a result, many are left making makeshift pads out of toilet paper and keeping pads on for far longer than healthy. This doesn’t only lead to low confidence within these women, but can also lead to yeast and urinary tract infections.
Many of these women do not have access to consistent bathrooms and there is no place in Sheffield where free sanitary products are guaranteed.
Through our campaign No Period Left Behind, we hope to work with Irise International and local councillor Jayne Dunn to provide specific funding for free sanitary products across Sheffield.
Join us on the 4th December for the first ever fashion fundraiser raising money to combat period poverty in Sheffield.
Come along to the Nelson Mandela Auditorium where Fashion Soc will highlight their latest designs and Friends of Irise will highlight the importance of period poverty awareness!
We will be selling magazines, baked goods and reusable sanitary products on the day to raise further money.
Follow our instagram @NoPeriodLeftBehind for more information on how YOU can make a difference for these vulnerable women.
‘No Period Left Behind’ raised hundreds to combat period poverty
Our Campaign ‘No Period Left Behind’ hosted a fashion show and fundraiser to raise money and awareness for period poverty. We decided we would create the campaign after having trouble ourselves as women who also have to buy sanitary products. Seven women, from...
Council accepts motion to make Sheffield a more period and menopause aware city
Councillor Jayne Dunn put forward a motion to Sheffield City Council to stop the stigma against the menopause and period poverty. https://youtu.be/mWUTrwV7dHc The motion asks the council to provide free period products in public buildings and schools. Councillor Julie...
Female Sheffield councillors submit notion tackling stigmas of period poverty and the menopause
The motion led by Councillor Jayne Dunn and seconded by Councillor Julie Grocutt aims to committing the council to take steps towards challenging the stigmas surrounding period poverty and menopause in Sheffield. The councillors outline that this is an important...
How are the women and girls of Sheffield being affected by period poverty?
We spoke to Dr Maria Tomlinson, a fellow at the University of Sheffield, about what period poverty is, how the pandemic has exacerbated this issue and how things can change moving forward. Dr Tomlinson said: "(Period poverty) is a term that the media came up with a...