Schools providing Sanitary protection

Abbafan1972

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

Unless school toilets have improved a lot since I had to use them, I don't think its a fair expectation of teenage girls that they use a mooncup.

So you have to wash out and re-insert - so that means you have to make yourself decent while you wash it out and then go back into the cubicle - so you won't have protection on while you're washing it?

Wouldn't you need to have 2 mooncups and just put the clean one straight in?

Rosemary7391

Except on the first day I only empty it morning and evening at home. You can just wipe it with tissue or rinse with water from a bottle so no need to leave the cubicle. I agree it isn't the way to start though. But many older teenagers certainly could manage.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

ska_lover wrote: »

Hmmm interesting point..What area do you live in? Tescos do evening deliveries for £1 in my area.

I love home shopping deliveries, so much cheaper than driving there, picking, packing and the two hour of my life and for a quid, can't really beat it

Might be cheaper to look into home shopping. It is an idea if no one has thought of it. I mean no one would spend £6 bus fare to buy something for 29pence and then only purchase only enough to carry home on a bus..... and if they would, then sorry but some people are actually beyond helping as common sense has lost it's way big time

Common sense is free. Surely if a person had £6 to spend, and only wanted STs they would buy local for £2 and save £4...Or get them thrown in at 29pence wit a weeks shopping and spend One Pound to get the whole lot delivered

one fab thing about having it delivered is you can chose substitutes and if they have't got the cheapo brand in stock, you will get subbed with better

South London. Surrounded by the little franchise supermarket shops, none of whom do the super cheap brands. Minimum basket spend for free delivery is £40, which, if money is a problem (eg, ZHC, UC delays, etc), will make it unaffordable for some people.


I'm OK financially, I have a regular salary, can manage all the bills (and have access to credit if there's an emergency, such as the washing machine packing up), so I can order a relatively large shop just after payday each month, just as I can pay the lowest price for utilities, rather than being scalped by keymeters and have both the space and the money for a freezer to be able to store food that is on offer and bulk buy things such as toilet roll, rather than rely upon the more expensive smaller packs more frequently - but some people just aren't that comfortable.


It's expensive to be poor. And I have no intention of ever being in that situation again, if I have anything to do with it.

annandale

Unless you have very heavy periods. Which I have. The mp Daniele rowley posted how much she spends. A lot more than 23p. I’ve always had to use super plus tampons and there have been times I’ve leaked through them.

Not 23p. Far more than that. And my periods always lasted a week.

Women shouldn’t be in period poverty. Some are. Lots of people are in poverty full stop. I am currently but I don’t use places that give me free access to tampons or towels. There are people far worse off than me.

Why shouldn’t women get free access to towels or tampons if they need it.

The Scottish govt is leading the way on this. Good for them.

If you are living on 73 quid a week at the moment like I am and some people live on less why shouldn’t women get access to free sanitary products?

There are people using foodbanks. Where do they get the money for sanitary protection if they can’t afford to eat

annandale

I feel this board has just become a bash the poor board lately. Sweeping generalisations. Mocking any initiative that tries to help poorer people. A box of super plus tampons used to be 3 quid. Cost has probably gone down lately due to pound shops. But it’s still tough.

I’m in period poverty. Fuel poverty. Food poverty. Transport poverty. The basics. All poverty.

So if people need a hand with one of these things why should they not get it.

What difference does it make to your life if they do

annandale

In my area it’s not just schools. It’s foootball clubs as well. Although there’s an argument that if you can afford to go to a game you can afford tampons. However people can and do get caught out.

Tampons and towels should be free. No woman should be in period poverty.

If someone is sanctioned by the Dwp for example how do they afford tampons.

And for people lining up to say don’t get sanctioned

Have a look at the list of things people get sanctioned for

phryne

I remember when we were at school (1980s) you could go to the office if you had an emergency need for sanitary towels, but the school certainly wouldn't be expected to provide them to all pupils as a matter of course. We were an all-female school, in a rough area in London, with pupils from all backgrounds including very poor ones, yet nobody was absent due to not having sanitary protection.

So what has changed between then and now?

Both_Feet_on_Terra_Firma

I really dont know how i feel about this on one hand i feel that sometimes we make life easy for those people who for want of better words cannot be bothered and know someone else will provide and on the other hand those working families with no fixed income i feel should be helped

barbarawright

Sanitary protection is as essential as lavatory paper which I assume nobody is suggesting shouldn't be provided by schools. Why should one be free and not the other?

Guineapigsqueaks

Perhaps it's the inadequacy of the parents, perhaps not, I don't really know enough about the circumstances of those people to know. I do know that school age girls can't earn an income so can't buy it for themselves. If their parents don't buy it for them, what are they to do? I wouldn't let my daughter go without this essential dignity and wouldn't knowingly let any of her friends do so either.
When my Dad was a child, he was very poorly looked after by his useless Mother. He was lucky to have a school friend whose Mum regularly cooked extra tea and made sure my Dad was fed and taken care of. What a difference she made, not just to my Dad, but to his future children (including me), because he saw how life should be. That is what we should be aiming for.
Guineapigsqueaks x