Tag: Hey Girls

Hey Girls have been shortlisted for two national awards!

Stuart Mitchell

Hey Girls has been named a finalist in both the Social Impact: Prove It and Social Enterprise of the Year categories at this year’s UK Social Enterprise Awards, recognising us as one of the country’s most innovative and impactful businesses.​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌ The team beat stiff competition to make the shortlist, which attracted more than 400 entries from all over the country. The news comes as Hey Girls was also named in the shortlist in the Social Value category at this year’s GO Awards Scotland. Hey Girls exists to eradicate period poverty…

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New Report Highlights Battle Against Period Poverty

Stuart Mitchell

‘We will not stop fighting until the UK is rid of period poverty once and for all’, a multi-award-winning social enterprise has said after publishing a hard-hitting impact report on its recent work. Hey Girls, recently named Scottish Social Enterprise of the Year, issued the report in a year that saw it surpass astonishing milestones of donating 30 million period products and saving 780 million disposables from going to landfill since 2018. The not-for-profit operates on a buy one, donate one model, matching every purchase with a donation to its…

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Algeco partners with Hey Girls to help end period poverty in the construction industry

Stuart Mitchell

Algeco, a leading modular and offsite building solutions brand, has announced a partnership with social enterprise Hey Girls to reduce period poverty in this sector. Hey Girls’ products are now available to staff for free at all Algeco sites across the UK, and for every product Algeco buys, one is donated to someone who needs it. Set up in 2018, Hey Girls is the award-winning buy-one, donate-one social enterprise, creating plant-powered period products that fund the fight to end period poverty in the UK. Our period products offer the functionality…

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New free period product finder app for Scotland launched in ground-breaking first

Stuart Mitchell

For the first time, people across Scotland will be able to pick up free period products from a range of public locations via a new app thanks to a project spearheaded by period product social enterprise Hey Girls. The app – called Pick Up My Period – was devised by Celia Hodson, Founder & CEO of Hey Girls in collaboration with Scottish Government. The free app allows people to find period products on the move or products closest to home. Users can even search for plastic-free products within the app. The PickupMyPeriod…

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Hey Girls Releases Film That Is Scientifically Proven To Have You #Seeingred Over Period Poverty

Stuart Mitchell

As part of its ongoing ambition to tackle period poverty in the UK, social enterprise Hey Girls is calling on Brits across the country to SEE RED about the inequality people experience on a monthly basis – and take action. With 1 in 10 young people in Britain currently unable to afford their period (and as many as half of these people turning to newspaper or other means as alternatives), increasing access to period products continues to be extremely important. Further, period poverty surged in 2020 during the COVID pandemic, with a survey by the charity Plan…

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