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Low schools uptake in free period products scheme (photo: Gareth Fuller)
The Red Box Project, which campaigned for the scheme to be introduced, said all schools should be taking part to support the one in 10 young people experiencing period poverty.
Department for Education data shows that only 25 of the 61 state-funded schools in North East Lincolnshire ordered free period products for their pupils between the start of the scheme in January 2020 and the end of last year.
Schools can order the products online and they are delivered to them free of charge.
Products they can order include period pads and tampons, and environmentally friendly alternatives such as period cups and reusable pads.
Just half of York schools took advantage of the scheme JUST half of York s schools are making use of a government scheme to tackle period poverty by providing free tampons and pads for pupils. Figures reveal that only 33 of the city s 63 state schools ordered the free products for students since the scheme launched in January 2020 - similar to national levels of participation. Campaign group The Red Box Project says all schools should take advantage of the scheme to help the one in ten young people experiencing period poverty. The Department for Education (DfE) data shows that York schools spent on average 57 per cent of the funding allocated to them for period products by government.
By Federica Bedendo, Radar Data Reporter
Two in five Cheshire East schools and half of schools in Cheshire West and Chester are taking advantage of a Government scheme to provide free period products ONLY two in five Cheshire East schools and half of schools in Cheshire West and Chester are taking advantage of a Government scheme to provide free period products, figures reveal. The Red Box Project, which campaigned for the scheme to be introduced, said all schools should be taking part to support the one in 10 young people experiencing period poverty. Department for Education data shows that only 40 per cent of the 160 state-funded schools in Cheshire East ordered free period products for their pupils between the start of the scheme in January 2020 and the end of last year.
AN ENVIRONMENTAL campaigner has said it is “unbelievable” that fewer than half of the city’s schools are using a government scheme to provide free period products. Only 32 of the 67 state-funded schools in Brighton and Hove ordered free period products for their pupils between January 2020, when the scheme was introduced, and the end of last year. Ella Daish, who started the End Period Plastic campaign, said the figures from the Department of Education are concerning socially and environmentally. %image( 12057252 , type= article-full , alt= Ella, who lives in Brighton, said it the figures are \ unbelievable\ ) She said: “No one should miss out on their education because they haven’t got access to these essential products, which is why signing up is crucial.