Sign up for a free period pouch
Get a free ActionAid period pouch - for school, work or on-the-go! Celebrate period positivity with this custom-designed 'share a better period' pouch.
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Hollie Pycroft
Digital Communications
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This custom-designed 'share a better period' pouch is perfect for storing period essentials. Photo: ActionAid
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Purity, 13, attends an ActionAid-supported catch-up centre in Kenya, where she is getting the education that is her right. Photo: Esther Sweeney/ActionAid
Why donating period products can change girls' lives
Your donation could help provide period products for girls so that they don’t miss out on school and the education that is their right.
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Say a big 'thank you' to your teacher this end-of-term, like pupil Aura, right, from Guatemala. Photo: Karin Schermbrucker/ActionAid
Six end-of-term teacher gifts to say 'thank you'
Explore our collection of life-changing charity gifts that are perfect for saying 'thank you' to a special teacher at the end of term.
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#ShareABetterPeriod, this Menstrual Hygiene Day! Photo: ActionAid
Would you give a tampon or pad to a stranger who needed one?
We asked whether you’d give a tampon or a pad to someone—anyone—who needed one… even if it was a total stranger in the loo. The results were definitive: our bonds of solidarity haven’t been broken by the pandemic.
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Theresa (left) and her friends were given bikes by ActionAid so they could travel to school safely in northern Ghana. Photo: ActionAid
8 weird and wonderful facts you didn’t know about cycling
Whether you're a roadie, newbie, Boris biker, a fixed-gear freestyler or a Shoreditch hipster cyclist - here are some fun facts that you probably didn't know about your beloved two-wheeled friend.
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John, running ten marathons during lockdown for ActionAid UK. Photo: actionaid
Meet the man (and his dog) running 40 lockdown marathons
At the age of 75, John is taking on a new challenge during the coronavirus pandemic, as he (and dog Rosie) are running 40 marathons to raise money for ActionAid.
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