Period Friendly Places team in-centre

Representatives from Period Friendly Places will be returning to Clifton Down on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th December. They will be on the mall between 9.30am and 5pm on the Friday; 9.30am and 1pm on the Saturday.

The team from Period Friendly Paces want Bristol to be a city of period dignity, in which nobody is held back in life or stigmatised against simply for having a period. They are setting up a network across the city to make period products available for free in community venues (places like libraries, community and health centres, youth clubs, places of worship and food banks) so they can be accessed by people who need them the most.

Shockingly, 40% of Bristol students have missed school due to difficulties in accessing period products, and 41% of women and girls in Bristol have been unable to afford period products (higher than the national average of 27%). The team relies on donations of period products from corporate partners and public donations (boxes are in some local supermarkets and venues) and, along with help from volunteers, distribute them to community venues to be available for those in need.

Period Friendly Places are also combatting outdated social attitudes to menstruation and tackling period stigma through education. You can find out more on their website.