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Equality Period Limited

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £4.5K

  • Spending

    £5.4K

Charity no. 108424 Company no. 679140 Date registered. 18/01/2022

Public benefits

The direct benefits are: Period and hygiene poverty is not just a potential health risk - it impacts every aspect of a person’s life and their ability to actively participate in society. We aim to provide relief of poverty, relief for the poor through the provision of essential hygiene products, menstrual wellbeing support and referrals to any

appropriate agency or crisis support. These benefits will be demostrated by: We aim to enhance knowledge, understanding and education that will save lives and see individuals becoming well as a result of being able to self-advocate more effectively for medical care relating to menstrual and uterine health. There is no harm The beneficiaries are those living in poverty, in conditions of financial need, hardship, disability, ill health or distress. People who menstruate or know anyone who does. There is no private benefit

What your organisation does

Equality Period accepts public donations of period care products and other hygiene items and redistributes them to partner organisations and those who need them.

The charity’s classifications

  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
  • Asylum seekers/refugees
  • Carers
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Ex-offenders and prisoners
  • General public
  • Homelessness
  • Learning disabilities
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Physical disabilities
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Sensory disabilities
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Travellers
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • General charitable purposes
  • Relief of poverty

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 11 February 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 11 February 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The Charity seeks to advocate for menstrual equity, aid accessible and inclusive menstrual health education and reduce the level of period and hygiene poverty in Northern Ireland. The Charity will help reduce levels of vulnerability for those in conditions of financial need, hardship, disability, ill health or distress in particular but not exclusively by : (1) the direct provision of period products, hygiene essentials and toiletries et cetera that will improve the conditions of life and prospects for such people; (2) by assisting other Northern Ireland based charities and organisations who are preventing or relieving financial need, hardship or distress with the provision of period products, hygiene essentials, toiletries et cetera. The charity seeks to positively affect change by raising awareness of inequality and encouraging a better understanding amongst all ages and all genders of menstrual health and wellbeing through public engagement, research and collaboration with other projects throughout the world.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

Equality Period
  • 4 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Suzanne Oag, 110 Coast Road, Larne, 110 Coast Road, Drains Bay, BT40 2LF

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Suzanne Oag
Ms Colleen Anne Gardner
Miss Shannon Taylor
Miss Tracy Marie Mcclean

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland