We are Bloody Good Period UEA.
Bloody Good Period is a nationwide charity that tackles period poverty, by providing menstrual products and more to society's poorest, mainly focusing on asylum seekers and refugees. We aim to carry this good work on here at UEA, we are the charity's first university society and hope to set a great example so others can follow in our footsteps!
We have so many exciting events planned and can't wait to help this amazing cause!
President - Annabel Purdy
Vice President - Jess Crook
Secretary - Chloe Layton
Treasurer - Ashlee Barrett
Health & Safety Officer - Nneka Izuogu
Events & Socials Officer - Charlie Bacon
Equality & Diversity Officer - Lucy Hawker
Fundraising Officer - Emma Fosker
Union Council Rep - Amber Sisson
First Year Rep - Liv Mepham
LAST YEAR (2020/21):
Throughout October and November, we held fortnightly talks titled Strings Attached to raise awareness on and educate on issues surrounding periods, such as period poverty, the psychological effects of menstruation, and how to have a sustainable period. Our talks are up on YouTube here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIFtIHelcl3lrzGhhfYLm7w
In 2021, we launched the Strings Attached podcast on Spotify, where we chat all things periods! https://open.spotify.com/show/27AbOc1oHehSgMXE38kmyM?si=flkf0Y6BRNShVDBz8ibSYw&dl_branch=1
In November, we completed the Refugee Ration Challenge (https://www.rationchallenge.org.uk/how-it-works) where we ate the rations of a Syrian refugee for 7 days. As a result, we raised a total of £900 for Bloody Good Period!
We collaborated with the Intuition Blogs society on pieces such as polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis, and periods & the environment.
In 2021, we launched the Menstruation Station on floor 01 of the library, in collaboration with the 2020/21 Women's Officer, Briony Randell, to provide free period products to UEA students. We also provided a donation bin in the SU shop for people to donate period products to be placed at the menstruation station.
To end the year, we won Rising Society of the Year and Fundraiser of the Year at the uea(su) STARs awards!
This year we hope to organise lots of different events and fundraisers which continue to help fight period poverty, educate people on periods and period poverty, and to provide FREE PERIOD PRODUCTS ACROSS CAMPUS!