Tag: Hey Girls

Hey Girls launches ‘UNsanitary’ product range to raise Period Poverty awareness

Stuart Mitchell

Social enterprise Hey Girls, adam&eveDDB and The Big Issue have come together to launch a national campaign to raise awareness of the shocking extent of period poverty in the UK. The campaign centres around a new brand called ‘UNsanitary’, so named as 1 in 10 girls and young women are regularly forced to use unsanitary items in place of real sanitary products, because they cannot afford it. The UNsanitary range, created by adam&eveDDB, encompasses real products, available at pop-ups in selected ASDA stores on Saturday 15th February. At first glance,…

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Hey Girls Mean Business with #PeriodDignity Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Did you know that 68% of women Hey Girls chatted to who got their period at work left immediately if they didn’t have the right product to hand? This UK Social Enterprise has launched a nation-wide Period Dignity campaign to bring period equality in the UK workplace. Period Dignity is essential to health and well-being at work.Hey Girls are aiming to make free sanitary products in the workplace the norm. The Hey Girls mission to bring #PeriodDignity to the UK is well underway, already facilitating the likes of Autotrader, BrewDog,…

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Co-op joins Hey Girls and Big Issue Invest Power Up programme in the fight against period poverty

Stuart Mitchell

The period poverty-battling Hey Girls took another giant leap forward as its products hit the shelves of the community retailer, Co-op. With a £50,000 investment from Big Issue Invest, Hey Girls Day Time and Overnight Sani pads and Menstrual Cups can be found in just under 200 Co-op food stores, marking the launch of the Big Issue Invest Power Up programme. Founded by Celia Hodson with the help of her two daughters, Kate and Becky, Hey Girls sells a full range of Period Products on a ‘buy one give one’…

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Hey Girls hosts nationwide #GiveACupAGo campaign asking customers to go plastic free for World Menstrual Hygiene Day

Stuart Mitchell

On the 28th of May, the world will celebrate Menstrual Hygiene Day. This global event aims to raise awareness of the importance for women and girls to have a safe and healthy period. From accessing clean water supplies, to the cost and availability of products, there are various challenges that women around the world face when dealing with their monthly menstruation cycle. Ultimately, we aim to reduce these practical and financial constraints to promote gender inequality. In honour of World Menstrual Hygiene Day – May 28th 2019 – Hey Girls…

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Hey Girls launches #Pads4Dads

Stuart Mitchell

Over the past 6 months, Hey Girls has been working on a campaign to help Dads chat to their kids about periods. They know that talking to young people about periods can be awkward for Dads and they have undertaken a survey of 1500 men (including 753 Dads), which found that one in three Dads feel unprepared to have conversations about periods with their kids, a third admit they’ve never purchased sanitary products and 50% said they’ve never chatted to their daughters about periods. Hey Girls has created a specific…

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