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A Festive Period 

 

                                                             

Tampons and pads create 200,000 tonnes of waste per year. That’s why we’re offering free reusable pads and cups as part of our period care packages this winter. Treat yourself and the planet by choosing a product of your choice.

Worried about how to use them? We’ve got you covered! This event will be a great opportunity to ask questions and discuss all things reusable products and periods.

Join us at the Students’ Union (Pontio, 4th Floor) on Thursday 9th December 2021, 11am - 4pm for a Festive Period! See you all there!

 

Myth Buster Session pt.1

Wedensday 17th February, 6pm.

Calling all those who menstruate and all those who don't. Let's get clued up!

Join our myth buster session live on Facebook to put to bed any questions you have around menstruation!

This session will be organised and led by Katie Tew, our Vice President for Societies and Volunteering, together with members of our Student Steering Group and the other Sabbatical Officers. 

 

Live Sports and Periods Q&A Session 

Thursday 25th February, 6pm. 

Join us on the Undeb Bangor Facebook page for a live Q+A with Hannah Hughes about periods and sport. Hannah works as the Rugby Engagement Officer at Coleg Llandrillo. She's a keen rugby player and Judo athlete who has many sporting experiences:

"My role is to promote the benefits of being active and volunteering. We recently launched a Period Dignity Campaign - It Wont Stop Us supported by local North Wales elite athletes and Active Ambassador learners to ensure free sanitary products are made available for all female learners"

 

Talk with Environmental Activist Ella Daish

                                                            

In partnership with TOTM    

9th March, 5pm on Zoom. 

Join us for a talk in which Ella shares her story and #EndPeriodPlastic campaign with us in addition to educating on plastic free periods and touching on period dignity.

Ella Daish is an environmental activist and founder of the #EndPeriodPlastic campaign. Her award-winning campaign is leading to significant changes in the period industry. It has resulted in three UK retailers removing plastic tampon applicators from their products, and sparked others to develop sustainable ranges. She is influencing manufacturers and supermarkets to make real changes and councils and governments to spend their period poverty funding on eco-friendly products.

Nancy from TOTM, who we will be working with for our on-site supply of applicator tampons, will introduce herself and the company at the start of the event. Here’s some more background information on TOTM:

TOTM is here to shake up the period care industry for good. Their range of organic cotton and reusable menstrual products use better-quality, sustainable materials for a comfortable and planet-friendly period. TOTM take a new approach to period care that’s all about consciousness, convenience, and choice. They are on a mission to make their large, certified ethical and sustainable range available when you need it most. They proudly go beyond improving how we manage periods. TOTM are here to make a difference – They bust taboos and champion menstrual health & dignity causes in the push for a period powerful future.

There will be a 30-minute talk from Ella and a Q&A session towards the end. The details of the talk are as follows:

-              Introduction from Nancy at TOTM – quick overview of who TOTM are and their products

-              Introduction from Ella

o             Ella’s story from Postal worker to Activist

o             The Period Plastic Issue

o             What’s happened since the campaign started

o             Ella’s Work with Welsh Government and Councils

o             How we all have the power to bring about change

-              Q&A session

 

Myth Buster Session pt.2 

Wedensday 24th March, 6pm.

Calling all those who menstruate and all those who don't. Let's get clued up!

Join our myth buster session live on Facebook to put to bed any questions you have around menstruation! Do you lose your virginity by using a tampon? Do you stop bleeding in water? Is Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) real? Tune in to find out! 

This session will be organised and led by Katie Tew, our Vice President for Societies and Volunteering, together with members of our Student Steering Group and the other Sabbatical Officers.

 

Live Bilingual Q&A with Tara Leanne Hall, Founder of Cylch Coch

                                                           

Cylch Coch is a small grassroots project working to tackle period poverty and taboo in North Wales through product and education sharing.  

Join us on Monday 29th March at 6pm for the English Q&A and at 6.15 pm for the Welsh Q&A- live on Undeb Bangor’s Facebook!  

 

Live Period Pictionary   

Wednesday 14th April, 6pm 

                                                 

Menstrual Cycle Session with Practice Nurse Emily Stewart 

                                                       

Join us on 20^th April at 6pm on Zoom for a Menstrual Cycle Session with Emily Stewart from The Real Period Project!

She will cover:

• Understanding the emotional and physical ups and downs of the menstrual cycle

• How to work with your cycle rather than have it work against you

• How, why and when menstrual problems are treated with hormonal contraception - pros and cons

• How menstrual stigma and shame affects us all

To secure your place, sign up through the Events section of Undeb Bangor’s website. From this, you will receive the Zoom link and password to join the session.

This event is first come first serve.

If you have any further questions regarding the event, please email Josie Ball / josie.ball@undebbangor.com

 

Environmenstrual Workshop with Leah Bromley 

                                    

5th May, 6pm on Zoom

Join us for our last organised event of the academic year!

Leah Bromley, an Environmental Ambassador for Women’s Environmental Network (WEN), will be running an Environmenstrual Workshop covering:

• The environmental and health impacts of some single use products

• Period poverty and activism in the UK 

• Sustainable period products options including the new reusable period applicator

 

“I researched students’ experiences of reusable menstrual products for my Master’s dissertation in 2019. Through this I collaborated with Bristol-based organisation, City to Sea, to share my findings and help them with analysis of their own survey. Then, through City to Sea I came across the opportunity to be an Environmenstrual Ambassador with the Women’s Environmental Network. In this role, I run workshops for students to raise awareness of sustainable period products. This is part of WEN’s project to empower people to make an informed decision about the products they’re using and highlight the environmental and health impacts of some period products.”- Leah

Leah will be using Mentimeter, an interactive presentation software, alongside Zoom. This will allow her to include interactive polls and quizzes. Follow the link below to access Mentimeter; Leah will provide the code to join at the start of the session.

https://www.menti.com/

You will need either:

• Access to two screens, such as on your phone and laptop, with Zoom on one and Mentimeter on the other

Or:

• Access to one computer screen- you should be able to minimise the Zoom video to look at Mentimeter

To secure your place, sign up through the Events section of Undeb Bangor’s website. From this, you will receive the Zoom link and password to join the session.