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Weʼve raised £30 to to help the homeless women - north east community project
- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Funded on Saturday, 7th October 2017
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I am raising money to support my project Helping Homeless Women - North East. The project helps homeless women and vulnerable women in short term accommodation with sanitary products and period care packs. The donations are given to charity hostels and refuges In the area.
I started the project because one of the issues is women don't get free sanitary products or if they do they may be given one pad to last the whole period. This as you can imagine makes life very difficult and uncomfortable. Some of the women end up using a piece of cloth that they have to keep washing out or toilet paper which is deeply upsetting as no-one should have to do that. I help to ease that problem with donations of sanitary pads, tampons, panty liners that we take for granted.
You can get more information from my Facebook Group "Helping Homeless Women - North East. I am always looking for volunteers to support the campaigns throughout the year.
The money raised will go towards:
* buying sanitary pads, tampons, panty liners, new knickers, hygiene products
* ladies pyjamas for vulnerable women in refuges
* transport to collect and deliver donations to charities and projects across the North East of England
* storage to store the donations.
* providing free pamper days offering haircuts, manicures etc.
* free relaxation classes / workshops for vulnerable women in the region
Please help by contributing to this worthy cause.
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- 7 years ago
Gill Minto
7 years agoThe period care packs are given out to homeless and vulnerable women in the north east. They cost approx £5 each to make up which is the project relies on donations. They contain a mixture of sanitary pads, tampons, feminine wipes and knickers, everything a woman would need for her period
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- 7 years ago
Gill Minto
7 years agoHi, I'm braving the shave to raise money for Macmillan and this community project. I'll be posting before and after pictures :-)
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Simone Roberts
Jul 1, 2017
Wonderful cause. Thank you.
£10.00
Annabel Crowley
Jun 30, 2017
Thanks so much for organising this - I will be making donations as and when I can!
£10.00
Anonymous
Jun 12, 2017
Such an important issue for women's self esteem. No one should have to face this problem. Well done you for taking it up. Good luck with the fund-raising.
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Gill Minto
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Hi, I'm the founder of Helping Homeless Women - North East looking to raise money to support homeless and vulnerable women in North East England.