Your Union Development Executive, Joanna Dine-Hart, is leading a campaign to improve period poverty for students at De Montfort University (DMU) this academic year. She is working alongside DMU and Hey Girls UK to bring free period products to toilets across campus with the aim to improve student welfare.
With aims to provide free sanitary products in both male and female toilets as well as work with student advocates to educate younger students across Leicester, this campaign is essential to raising awareness of the menstrual cycle and period poverty including why it needs addressing.
Whether you menstruate or not, we want to hear your knowledge and experiences on periods. Please take the time to fill out Joanna's survey as it will help shape the direction of this campaign. You can complete the survey here.
We are delighted to announce that DMU has agreed to include free sanitary products in 95 toilets across campus and are currently in discussions with Joanna regarding furthering their efforts. At present, you can find free products in the following areas:
RECEPTION
Reception Hugh Aston - ground floor (HU0.41)
SAC office in Edith Murphy – lower ground floor (EM00.05)
Hawthorn Helpzone - lower ground floor (HB00.38a)
SAC office Gateway House - ground floor (GH0.04a)
Reception Vijay Patel - ground floor (VP0.52)
Reception CL - ground floor
TOILETS
ART FACTORY
AF0.05, AF1.08
BEDE HOUSE
BH0.05
CLEPHAN BUILDING
CB0.02b
CAMPUS CENTRE
CC0.06a, CC0.07, CC1.04, CC2.04
CL0.26b, CL1.21c, CL2.16c, CL3.04a
EDITH MURPHY
EM00.03, EM0.03, EM1.02, EM2.02, EM3.02, EM4.06, EM5.03, EM6.06, EM7.07, EM8.07
ERIC WOOD BUILDING
EW0.02
GATEWAY HOUSE
GH0.09a, GH1.09b, GH2.03, GH3.50, GH4.05, GH6.05
THE GREENHOUSE
GR0.02a
HAWTHORN BUILDING
HH0.10, HH1.03, HH2.03, HH3.03
HERITAGE HOUSE
HB0.27, HB00.35a, HB00.39a, HB1.23, HB2.22, HB3.02
HUGH ASTON
HU1.03, HU1.45, HU2.13, HU2.70, HU3.10, HU3.70
KIMBERLIN LIBRARY
KL0.22a, KL1.07c, KL2.15c
LEICESTER CASTLE BUSINESS SCHOOL
LC0.04a, LC0.09, LC1.05
LEICESTER MEDIA SCHOOL (BEDE ISLAND)
LMS0.03, LMS2.06
MILL STUDIOS
MS0.40, MS1.04
PACE BUILDING
PA0.09, PA1.10, PA1M.08
PORTLAND BUILDING
PO0.09, PO00.17, PO2.02
THE PHILIP TASKER BUILDING
PT0.15, PT1.16, PT2.16
QUEENS BUILDING
QB0.03a, QB1.03a, QB2.33, QB3.33
TRINITY HOUSE
TY0.05, TY1.07, TY2.07, TY3.07
VE0.23
VIJAY PATEL
VP0.02 (PD), VP0.24a (DW), VP0.93 (FV), VP1.10 (PD), VP1.81 (DW), VP2.10 (PD), VP3.07 (PD), VP4.04 (PD), VP5.04 (DW), VP0.66 (AT), VP1.61 (AT), VP2.69 (AT), VP3.72 (AT), VP4.68 (AT), VP5.60 (AT), VP6.57 (AT), VP7.58 (AT), VP8.59 (AT), VP9.59 (AT), VP10.58 (AT), VP11.58 (AT)
The WATERSHED
WS0.15