Sign up to our newsletter dedicate to campaigns, activism and stay up to date with all things #PeriodPenalty: □ Email your MP! We’ve written a handy little email template, so that you can ask your local MP to join us for a special Parliamentary drop-in, on Tuesday 27th June. Not action ‘in due course’-but right bloody now. Help us to remind decision-makers in parliament that this is an issue that needs action. We need meaningful, urgent action from our Government now. We’ve been #PayingForAPeriod for way too long. □ The need for our services has hugely increased - our team has provided 87% more period products to those in need during 2022, compared to the same timeframe in 2021 □ Period products are not free or accessible to everyone in England and Wales. □The UK Government has shamefully not met its aim of period equity, and the £250,000 that they promised towards tackling period poverty in 2019 still hasn’t been used You might have noticed that we’re a tad bloody angry. On Menstrual Health Day (note 'health' not 'hygiene' - because as note - 'hygiene' makes periods sound dirty) here's an important post from □ Join the fight! If you would like to access the Women Supporting Women Fund to subsidise this session, find more details here. Simi Wilhelm Shah, Alison Shaloe and Thomasina Lowe's Offering at 10am - 12pm on Mondays (drop-in at any time). There's no need to book, but you can below, if you want. Thank you so much Thomasina, Simi and Alison! It’s been wonderful and very grounding to begin each new week surrounded by community, expertise and encouragement - not to mention cups of tea made by someone else, and drunk while hot! The Circle has become a touchstone of my week and has supported my journey not just with breastfeeding but also with finding my feet as a new mum in general. The Circle has been a real source of support and nourishment for me as I emerged from a tricky birth into my fourth trimester. Mothers and get support which is up to date and evidence-based.Ĭircle will be a relaxed environment, a place to both share and listen over tea The Circle will offer a chance to meet other You are also very welcome if you are pregnant and would like to have a chat and find out more information about baby feeding. Lactation Consultant Thomasina Lowe, BreastfeedingĬounsellor and Doula Simi Shah and tongue tie specialist Alison Shaloe run a weekly drop-in for new mothers and
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