{"id":16790,"date":"2025-08-28T12:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/?p=16790"},"modified":"2025-08-28T12:34:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:34:04","slug":"16790","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/2025\/08\/28\/16790\/","title":{"rendered":"Period Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heygirls.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/heygirls\/assets\/images\/logo-scaled.png\" alt=\"Wholesale | Order Sustainable Period Products | Hey Girls\" width=\"257\" height=\"70\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">East Ayrshire Council launched a successful <a class=\"sys_16\" style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/our.east-ayrshire.gov.uk\/service\/Request_Free_Sanitary_Products\">online ordering facility for free sanitary products<\/a>\u00a0in August 2020, which continues to grow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">This facility is open to anyone who needs products and is used by our communities and schools.\u00a0 A variety of products are available from single use products to reusable products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Products are available for collection by anyone who needs them, or by anyone collecting on behalf of another person. Products will normally be available within toilet facilities of a building. Those who wish to access products can do so without having to ask a member of staff in a way that respects their dignity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">We provide free products in all our schools. Products are available in a way which respects the dignity of the pupils and can be accessed without having to ask a teacher. A reasonable choice will be available to pupils to ensure their needs can be adequately met whilst attending school. This will be monitored and reviewed on an ongoing basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Products are available during term time in at least one building of the school which is normally used by pupils. For most schools, products will be located within in the toilet facilities. Other schools may have products available in multiple locations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Information on stocked venues can be accessed via the PickupMyPeriod App.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">PickupMyPeriod allows users to enter a postcode or location to see where free period products are available in their area. Users can filter what products are available, check building opening hours and also access a wide range of advice and support on various topics including health and wellbeing, financial support, domestic abuse and addiction support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">The app can be downloaded via these links:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a class=\"sys_16\" style=\"color: #ff0000\" title=\"For Android\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.myperiodapp\">PickupMyPeriod App for Android<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a class=\"sys_16\" style=\"color: #ff0000\" title=\"For Apple\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/pickupmyperiod\/id1500403938\">PickupMyPeriod App for Apple<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East Ayrshire Council launched a successful online ordering facility for free sanitary products\u00a0in August 2020, which continues to grow. This facility is open to anyone who needs products and is used by our communities and schools.\u00a0 A variety of products are available from single use products to reusable products. Products are available for collection by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/2025\/08\/28\/16790\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Period Poverty<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25464,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whole-school-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16790"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16792,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16790\/revisions\/16792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}