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We fight for menstrual equity and the rights of all women and people who bleed, so that no one is held back by their period or society's warped perception of the menstruating body.
Our work falls into four main areas: - We give period products to those who can't afford or access them - We provide menstrual education - We help everybody talk about periods - We campaign so that we don't have to exist in the long-term.
BGP started in 2016 as a collection of period products for refugee drop-in centres, when our founder recognised that many refugees and others living in poverty simply cannot afford these essential items. Additionally people who menstruate suffer because of the culture of embarrassment and shame that exists around this entirely natural, normal process. Since then, we've provided >300K packs of products to 100+ partners across England and Wales, including food banks, community groups and refugee support charities, and are now meeting record levels of demand. 24% of people who menstruate in the UK say they or their family have struggled to afford period products in the last year. In 2022 we distributed 87% more products than the prior year.
We also run menstrual health education sessions for refugees, who are typically unable to access this vital information. Bloody Good Education reached 113 people last year and every single one of them stated that the sessions were useful, with many asking for more sessions.
We work to normalise periods for everyone, so that we can all access the information, support and products we need. This includes our workplace training and accreditation programme, Bloody Good Employers, which works to improve corporate communications, culture and policies around periods.
We are lobbying for long-term systemic change so that the need for period products isn't filled by a small charity, reliant on the goodwill of donors. We are currently working with our Experts by Experience forum, made up of people with lived experience of period poverty, refugee status and seeking, asylum, to shape our campaigning plans for 2023.
Our ultimate vision is a world built for people who menstruate, so that everybody benefits.
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