Period Poverty
Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints (RCN, 2022). It disproportionately affects women and girls, making it an equality issue. In the current economic climate, we understand that students who menstruate may be under particular financial pressure, and so the Red Box scheme is a small part of the wider fight against period poverty.
Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints (RCN, 2022). It disproportionately affects women and girls, making it an equality issue. In the current economic climate, we understand that students who menstruate may be under particular financial pressure, and so the Red Box scheme is a small part of the wider fight against period poverty.
- Want to learn more about period poverty?
- Want to set up your own Red Box? The project leads would love to hear from you! Contact FoHEquality@plymouth.ac.uk
- You can help local women and girls have a better period by donating products to your local Food Bank.
- You can also help increase awareness of period poverty, and reduce the stigma of periods, just by talking to others about the Red Box scheme. Why not raise the issues of menstrual wellbeing with your manager or representatives?
Boxes are available at:
| Venue | Location |
|---|---|
| John Bull Building | Ground and first floor accessible toilets |
| PAHC | Ground floor female and accessible toilets; first floor female and accessible toilets; second floor female and accessible toilets |
| CEE | Female toilets |
| PSQ | C block fourth floor accessible toilets; A block accessible gender neutral toilets*; A block second floor female toilets |
| Link/Davy | Second floor female toilets |
| Nancy Astor Clinical Skills | Ground, first and second floor gender neutral toilets |
| KSpa Clinical Skills | Location TBC |
| Exeter Clinical Skills | Location TBC |
| Rolle | Fourth floor accessible toilets |
| Dental Education Facilities - Derriford, Devonport, Exeter and Truro | Managed and funded by PDSE |
