{"id":7516,"date":"2020-04-03T11:19:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T11:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/peps\/?p=7516"},"modified":"2020-04-03T11:19:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T11:19:56","slug":"free-period-products-for-argyll-and-bute-pupils-ensuring-no-one-goes-without","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/peps\/2020\/04\/03\/free-period-products-for-argyll-and-bute-pupils-ensuring-no-one-goes-without\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Period Products for Argyll and Bute pupils: ensuring no-one goes without"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Argyll and Bute Education Services are committed to ensuring that none of our pupils have to go without access to free period products during the Covid-19 crisis when the usual availability in schools is restricted and when it is more difficult, and indeed expensive, to get products from shops.<\/p>\n<p>Many schools distributed period products from their stocks to pupils before they closed. However, as the current Covid-19 Government restrictions continue, we want to ensure that our pupils\u2019 wellbeing needs continue to be met.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason we have made an arrangement with <em>Hey Girls<\/em>, one of Scotland\u2019s main providers of period products, that enables you to order from a range of products using a survey monkey link that simply requests your chosen package, school and your delivery name and address.<\/p>\n<p>To order your products please click here: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.co.uk\/r\/ZDQC8JT\">https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.co.uk\/r\/ZDQC8JT<\/a>.\u00a0 You can then click the packs you need (and it\u2019s ok to order more than one type), enter your details and click \u2018done\u2019 at the bottom of the page.\u00a0\u00a0 <em>Hey Girls<\/em> will then process your order and post it to the address that you have given.\u00a0 <strong>The link will be refreshed at regular intervals to ensure that you can make repeat orders.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As this system is just getting started and given the current delay in some postal service deliveries, please allow up to two weeks for your delivery to me made, although <em>Hey Girls<\/em> would hope to reduce this in time.<\/p>\n<p>This <em>Hey Girls<\/em> order form link will also be sent out to parents and carers via text and email.\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>To avoid multiple orders at the same time from the same family, and to ensure that you get what you need , we would be grateful if children and parents\/carers could consult with each other before ordering.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please note that these products are <strong>free<\/strong> and are available to children and young people in Argyll and Bute schools from <strong>P6 to S6<\/strong>. \u00a0While the closure of schools continues, you can place an order <strong>whenever you need it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We will continue to monitor the success of this system and will review it when restrictions are lifted and when the crisis is over.<\/p>\n<p>If you need any more information on this system or wish to make any comments please contact Cathy Cameron at\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:catherine.cameron2@argyll-bute.gov.uk\">catherine.cameron2@argyll-bute.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argyll and Bute Education Services are committed to ensuring that none of our pupils have to go without access to free period products during the Covid-19 crisis when the usual availability in schools is restricted and when it is more difficult, and indeed expensive, to get products from shops. 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