You may have noticed we have a new donation box in our centres.
Period Friendly Places mission is to eradicate period poverty and for Bristol to be a city of period dignity, where nobody is held back in life or stigmatised against simply for having a period. They are doing this by setting up a donation and distribution network across Bristol to make period products available for free in community venues (like community centres, health centres, libraries etc), so they can be accessed by people who need them the most.
Bristol has the third highest rate of period poverty across England, Scotland, and Wales: More than two in five women/girls in Bristol (41.2%) have been affected by an inability to afford menstrual products, this is significantly more than the national average of 27%.
Supplying period products is the core of what they do and BS3 Community Development is proud to support this by holding a donation box for local residents to drop off period products at both the Southville Centre and the Chessel Centre. If you are able to support please do pop in and leave your donations in the box.
Importantly both centres will have period products available to collect for free during our regular opening hours. So please do pop in and help yourself if you are in need. These are available in all of our toilets in both centres.
If you would like to get involved or support by volunteering, visit www.periodfriendlyplaces.org or contact periodfriendlyplaces@gmail.com or contact Tara on 07531 649150.
If you’d like to host a box to provide free period products in your community venue, please get in touch.