Community organisation offers free period product deliveries for women in Lanarkshire

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A community organisation in Shotts is providing women with deliveries of period products and it’s all for free.The Cycle, an initiative by Getting Better Together in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council, allows women to order the essential products for females and have them delivered discretely directly to their home by bike.So far the community-based health initiative, which promotes the education, health and well being of residents with a range of services, has delivered to over 70 households but is looking to reach even more.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Nicola Welsh from Getting Better Together told Lanarkshire Live : “North Lanarkshire Council are giving out free period products at different places and their website lists where the nearest pick up point is for each area. “In the Shotts area there was a worry almost that it might be difficult for people to get to the locations here that were providing them, with not a lot of people going to the health centre right now and limited opening times.“So we are delivering to people’s houses by e-bike.

The council donated the bikes to us.“We just ask people to fill out some basic details such as their preferred type of products and address, and our volunteer cyclists deliver to the doorstep on Fridays.”Recently Central Scotland MSP Graham