Free Period Products
Queen Mary provides free period products from a number of locations on our campuses. We’re providing these products to support our staff and students with their menstrual health and reduce the impact of period poverty for our communities.
What is period poverty?
Period poverty means that some women and people who get their period cannot afford period products. This can make it hard for them to study or work. Not using period products safely can also cause health problems.
We believe that no one should be disadvantaged because they can’t afford appropriate period products, which is why we’re working toward period equality by providing free products available for every member of our community.
Where can I find free period products on Queen Mary campuses?
Currently, products are available in the following locations. We’re working to make installation of dispensers standard when we open or refurbish campus facilities.
|
Building |
Location |
|
Mile End Library |
First floor gender neutral toilets |
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Whitechapel Library |
Basement female toilet |
|
West Smithfield Library |
Basement accessible toilet |
|
Francis Bancroft Building |
Ground floor gender neutral toilet (behind Mucci’s) |
|
Maths Building |
Upper first floor female toilet |
|
Arts One |
Ground floor female toilet (by Mile End Road) |
|
Graduate Centre |
Second floor female toilet Seventh floor female toilet |
|
Garrod Building |
Ground floor accessible toilet |
|
The Shield, Dawson Hall |
Accessible toilet |
|
Lincoln’s Inn Fields |
Ground floor accessible toilet |
Visit the Queen Mary website to find maps of our campuses.
More information
For details of the financial support available to our students, visit the Advice and Counselling website.
Being denied access to money to meet basic health needs, like buying period products, is a form of abuse. Visit our website to find out more about the support available from Queen Mary for people experiencing domestic abuse.
Useful resources
- Information from the NHS about heavy periods
- Information and support from Endometriosis UK
- Information about Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) from Verity PCOS UK
- Watch activist, model and entrepeneur Kenny Ethan Jones talk about his experience of periods as a trans man and why representation is important