“I noticed that some girls in Cubs were disappearing on certain weeks. But since we’ve made period products available they are attending every week.”
A volunteer with a Wrexham Scouts group is campaigning to make period products freely available at Scouts venues across the region.
Daniel Davies, 37 from Wrexham, started volunteering with maintenance at Bishop’s Own Scout headquarters on Sontley Road. He was accompanied by his daughter who asked why there were no period products.
A year later Mr Davies has managed to get donations from local supermarkets so that girls and women who need period products while at Scouts can take them free of charge.
Mr Davies told us, “I know there is definitely a need as since October last year Bishop’s Own Scouts has gone through 200 packs of pads 60 packs of tampons and 55 pairs of period pants.”
He is now working with other groups across north-east Wales to stock period products so they are freely available wherever girls and women attend Scouts meetings.
Now a team member putting on activities for Cub Scouts at the group Mr Davies has noticed an important change: “I noticed that some girls in Cubs were disappearing on certain weeks. But since we’ve made period products available they are attending every week.”
Scout Julia Marciak, 13, said: “It’s very good. Not many places have the products we need in the toilets, if girls have their period this could help them.”
Young Leader Ivory Prince, 15, said: “It’s so helpful and makes Scouts really inclusive.”
Mr Davies is looking for donations of more period products, for Scouts venues who want to stock them or even be collection points for donations. He can be contacted via perioddignity@yahoo.com
