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Sporting chance: Citron Hygiene and Aunt Flow donate 73,000 period products to keep girls off the sidelines

As Citizens Advice reports that 2023 was the “bleakest ever” start to a year, Citron Hygiene has launched a new initiative to help tackle period poverty. The provider of washroom hygiene services will donate 73,000 Aunt Flow pads and tampons to the national children’s charity, the Youth ...

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MPs and campaigners call for an end to period poverty in the UK

A coalition of politicians, campaigners, and NGOs have called on the UK Government to tackle period poverty in an open letter. The letter was signed by more than 50 signatories including cross-party Members of Parliament (MPs). It included demands for free period ...

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Cost-of-living crisis accelerates period poverty in the UK

According to a new study, one in five women (20 per cent) has been unable to afford period products due to the cost-of-living crisis. Research commissioned by global washroom hygiene services company Citron Hygiene found that women across the UK ...

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ISSA launches End Period Poverty campaign

ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, has launched an educational and advocacy campaign aimed at ending period poverty and advancing period dignity. The new initiative is in partnership with ISSA Hygieia Network, an ISSA Charities™ signature program dedicated to the advancement and ...

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World Health Day: Hygiene experts say global health has forgotten its most important weapon

Hygiene is vital in fighting off a whole range of diseases, including Covid-19, yet policymakers and others fail to invest, promote, and research it, say hygiene experts at the Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute (RGHI). Instead, vaccines, antibiotics and alternative treatments ...

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Citron Hygiene and Aunt Flow combat period poverty in Ukraine

Citron Hygiene, a global washroom hygiene services company, and Aunt Flow, provider of free vending period product machines, are donating 20,000 period products to support those affected by the conflict in Ukraine. With the help of I Support The Girls (ISTG), ...

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Government rolls out scheme to introduce free period products into all state schools and colleges in England

Free period products are now being made available to all schools and colleges in England, as the Department for Education launches its fully funded scheme. The new scheme, which launched on 20 January is set to give pupils easy access ...

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phs offers coin-free sanitary vending machines free of charge to schools

Hygiene services provider, phs Group, has announced plans to offer its new coin-free vending machines to schools for free as part of a new initiative to combat period poverty. Developed in collaboration with FM providers and schools, the vending machines provide ...

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Promoting positive menstrual hygiene

By: Sian Walking, Marketing Manager, Initial Washroom Hygiene 28th May marks Menstrual Hygiene Day, an international awareness day that aims to create a world in which every woman and girl is empowered to manage menstruation safely and hygienically. The campaign ...

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phs report reveals half of teenage girls say period poverty holds them back at school

A new research report by hygiene services provider phs Group reveals nearly half of teenage girls believe period poverty prevents girls from doing well at school and a third believe it holds them back from achieving their aspirations. The new phs survey ...

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