 Tannoy announcements remind pupils of the free products. During lockdown the students ran an at-home delivery service supplying families when schools were shut. Now Falkirk council funding ensures pupils can take sanitary products home amid the cost-of-living crisis in an area of Scotland where child poverty rose to 25% last year. But the reality is very different for girls in England and Wales, where the poorest miss school and avoid socialising simply because they don't have adequate protection. Some pupils even resort to using socks, tea towels and newspapers during menstruation. Denny High teacher Rachael Dickson, 27 – who helped launch Code Red – told us the campaign made a big difference to school attendances, returning them to normal levels. ( Andy Commins / Daily Mirror) 'Pupils were taking mornings or afternoons off because they were caught by surprise, a){kind=link}
In England and Wales, the poorest girls miss school and avoid socialising simply because they don’t have adequate protection. The Sunday Mirror is campaigning to end period poverty
Nearly eight out of 10 voters are no backing the Sunday Mirror’s campaign to end period poverty throughout the UK, a poll reveals.
Our survey of 1,500 people in England and Wales last week showed 77% questioned think sanitary products should be free for those in need. Only six in 100 were staunchly against such a move.
It comes after Scotland became the first country in the world to eradicate period poverty when Labour MSP Monica Lennon’s parliamentary Bill made it law in 2021.
Her battle inspired many campaigns throughout the country â including a âCode Red’ one started by pupils at Denny High School in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, in 2020.