Almost a third of girls and young women in the UK cannot access free period products at their school or college, despite government schemes being in place for several years, research suggests.
Some 32% of girls and young women said they could not access free menstrual products at their school or college because they were unavailable, according to a survey commissioned by Girlguiding.
The charity is calling on the Department for Education to fully evaluate England’s period products scheme and make it permanent. Currently, the scheme is only available until July 2022, but Girlguiding said there had been recent commitments to renew it.
