We were tired of waiting. We knew that under the Equality Act, the U.K. Government had an obligation to make sure that all young people are in school. If periods were a barrier to young people receiving that education, then it was clear that the Government had to put in place measures to eradicate that.
Our solution to that was to ensure provision of free period products in all state-maintained English schools and colleges.
In January 2019, we joined forces with the Red Box Project and began to work with human rights lawyers (barristers Schona Jolly QC and Claire McCann and Hausfeld law firm) to build up a robust legal case. In April 2019, the Government agreed.
From January 2020, every state-maintained school and college in England has been able to order free period products for their students. Success!