‘Period Packs’ For Liverpool Homeless Women

A thoughtful young woman from Liverpool has come up with a great idea to help buy ‘period packs’ for homeless women in the city.

Lauren Corkill, from Orrell Park, studies psychotherapy at the University of Central Lancashire. She came up with the idea after reading about growing homelessness as well as seeing the problem on the streets in Liverpool. To help, she has launched a web page to raise money to put together her first batch of Period Packs, which she will then deliver to women sleeping rough around town.

The 19 year-old student told the Liverpool Echo: “Just witnessing the amount of homeless people in the city at the moment, it made me think about all the ladies who are suffering through menstruation without any products to help them remain clean. Obviously menstruation is something that affects women and the access to items should be something that every woman has. I just want to provide as many women as possible with these products.”

On her Go Fund Me page, Lauren says: “I am aware of the increasing amount of homeless people in Liverpool. Affording sanitary products for that time of the month can be very difficult, if not impossible for homeless women.”

“I have decided to open this Go Fund Me page in order to raise money that will enable me to purchase ‘period bundles’ for poverty stricken females in the Liverpool area. I would like each bundle to include at least one packet of sanitary towels, one box of tampons, a packet of feminine wipes, and possibly some deodorant.”

You can donate to Lauren’s Go Fund Me page here https://www.gofundme.com/sanitary-products-for-the-homeless