Making history! New legislation to provide free period products to anyone who needs them came into operation in Northern Ireland in the summer of 2024. This makes it just the second country in the whole world to make free period products publicly available, Scotland being the first. The period products are being supplied by Hey Girls, with the outreach supported by its charitable arm My Period. It means the company’s period products will be available in every public library, including mobile libraries, across Northern Ireland with Libraries NI. Find period…
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Glastonbury Festival teams up with WaterAid and Hey Girls to ensure a bloody good time and period dignity for all
A new WaterAid survey has found that 4 in 5 (86%) respondents have planned their activities around their period, while over a third (37%) say they wouldn’t feel comfortable having their period at an outdoor event. This survey comes as the international charity teams up with Glastonbury Festival and period product social enterprise Hey Girls to help people manage their period with dignity at the festival and around the world. The survey of 2,000 people who are menstruating or have menstruated in the last year found that nearly half (49%)…
Read MoreScottish Social Enterprise Hey Girls Unveils Bold Move to Expansive Warehouse Hub
Hey Girls, the pioneering social enterprise on a mission to revolutionise period equality, has made a daring leap to a colossal distribution and packing centre, marking a monumental milestone in its relentless pursuit of societal change. Founded in 2018, Hey Girls’ mission is to end period poverty in the UK, a Plan UK study published in 2018 found that 1 in 10 women and girls find themselves unable to afford period products from month to month, so Hey Girls set up on a kitchen table and moved into action. Their…
Read MoreLyreco Ireland joins Hey Girls to improve period dignity in workplaces
Hey Girls’ award-winning products will be available in offices across Ireland thanks to an exciting new partnership with Europe’s leading distributor. Worldwide distributor of office supplies and workplace solutions, Lyreco, has introduced Hey Girls as one of its approved suppliers for customers in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Lyreco Ireland takes great pride in supporting businesses to achieve their green and sustainability goals, with over 3,800 products that meet their Sustainable Selection by Lyreco criteria. Now, Hey Girls’ period products have been added to that list. Lyreco…
Read MoreHey Girls partner with Britain’s largest care home operator
Hey Girls are thrilled to announce a new partnership with HC One, Britain’s largest care home operator. HC-One colleagues now have access to our free disposable and reusable period products across its nationwide network of homes thanks to the partnership alongside distributor Lyreco. The partnership covers all 267 care homes operated by HC-One, alongside its support office in Darlington, reaching thousands of colleagues nationwide. Anna Selby, Director of Kind Care at HC-One, said: “We are really pleased to offer our colleagues environmentally-friendly period products from Hey Girls. “Kind care is…
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