LEADING Labour councillors lent their support to a stall outside the Guildhall to raise awareness of ‘period poverty’ which affects women and girls in Worcester and around the country.
Donations of sanitary products, which would then be donated to local charities such as the city’s foodbank, Maggs Day Centre and the Women’s Refuge, were sought and campaigners were delighted to collect almost 100 packets of assorted tampons, towels and panty liners.
Coun Ceri Stalker, who was elected to serve Warndon residents at last week’s city council elections, thanked all those who donated.
“Girls and women have no choice in this matter; they have to deal with this aspect of their life from as young as 10-years-old and it can be hard enough to come to terms with, without the indignity of being unable to afford appropriate protection,” she said.
“It is shocking in the 21st century many girls and women in the UK are unable to afford sanitary products. Periods are a fact of life, yet the cost to women over their lifetime can run to thousands of pounds.”
