A SOCIAL enterprise aiming to end period poverty in the UK is to launch an education campaign tomorrow.
Hey Girls has set up “My Period” to help schools, community groups, and parents to have positive conversations about periods.
My Period is a pack of 50 cards with an image on one side and discussion on the other.
Most pupils will only be taught about periods on a couple of occasions at school in the form of a “girls puberty” session at the end of primary school and a biology lesson in secondary school.
With new sex and relationships education being developed separately in Scotland, England and Wales, Hey Girls are calling on schools to do more to break down stigma. It has created a full pack of free lesson plans for schools and youth groups that can be downloaded and shared. They recommend periods are taught at least annually for all pupils above the age of eight.
Christine McLean, manager of CFINE, the community group that delivered the Aberdeen pilot of free period products in 2017 said: “This is the most intuitive learning tool I’ve seen in a long time.”
Kelly Walker-Reed, founder of period poverty charity Project Give, said “These cards are fantastic, they include everything that we would wish to design ourselves.
Celia Hodson, founder of Hey Girls, said: “We are delighted to launch My Period – the result of a huge collaboration with schools, youth clubs, groups that support homeless women, and many others.”
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