Giving Back
As part of our mission to help put an end to period poverty, we choose to donate to those most in need. We donate Period Pants, our time or money, to as many charities and organisations as we can.
As part of our mission to help put an end to period poverty, we choose to donate to those most in need. We donate Period Pants, our time or money, to as many charities and organisations as we can.
Jenni Steele specialises in supporting high-risk young people. Young people who have been affected by Youth Violence, Domestic Abuse at home, unhealthy teen relationships, criminal/sexual exploitation and sexual violence.
Dedicated to removing barriers that limit African, Caribbean, and Asian communities from engaging in aquatics and water safety, this organisation partners with institutions to address diversity, inclusion, and representation. They ensure equal access, inclusion, and a safe, quality experience in and around the water for these communities.
Here are some of the organisations we have worked with to date.
1% of every sale of NEW Swim Collection donated to The Wave Project between June 8th - August 31st 2023. Over the past 10 years, the Wave Project has provided surf therapy to young people aged 8 to 21 as form of therapeutic support for both mental and physical health. Sessions are once a week for six weeks with each young person paired with a volunteer surf mentor, receiving one-to-one support appropriate to their needs for the duration of the course.
Endometriosis UK helps people suffering with the disease and their loved ones to take back control of their lives. One in ten women and those assigned female at birth are living with endometriosis with symptoms including heavy bleeding, terrible pain from inflammation and scar tissue. That’s over 1.5 million who desperately need support and information to help them understand this chronic condition.
Kujuwa Initiative is a charity based in Kenya which trains and supports young people, families and educators in sexual reproductive health, rights and menstrual hygiene management. Kujuwa Initiative employs women to produce washable sanitary pads using fabric waste from the SOKO Kenya Clothing Factory and donates them to girls alongside training.
Choose Love is a UK-based non-governmental organisation which provides humanitarian aid to, and advocacy for, refugees around the world. WUKA has already donated over 450 pairs of period pants to Choose Love and continues to regularly support their efforts to tackle period poverty and give crucial humanitarian aid.
We want to make period comfort accessible to the trans, gender fluid and non-binary communities. Mermaids is one of the leading trans youth charities in the UK, working to support transgender and gender non-conforming children, young people and their families. We supported them with the launch of WUKA boxer shorts.
Days for Girls increases access to menstrual care and education. They are changing the narrative of periods from shame to celebration by educating young girls and women about menstruation. We regularly donate Period Pants to Days for Girls supporting their programmes in Nepal.
We donated one pair of Period Pants or a Reusable Pad for every order made over 2020’s Black Friday weekend to the Hygiene Bank, who provide people with access to basics to feel clean, confident and healthy.
We donated WUKA Period Pants for City to Sea's Rethink Periods Project, providing materials for lessons in the UK. Rethink Periods provides unbiased, free programmes for period education in schools.
We donated 1% of sales from our Perform™ Seamless range to Surfers Against Sewage, a national marine conservation and campaigning charity that protects our oceans, beaches and wildlife.
We donated to WEN for a period product demonstration programme. WEN raises awareness of hidden plastic and chemicals in conventional menstrual products and promotes reusable, organic options.
In reaction to the Covid-19 outbreak, we donated 600 pairs of Period Pants to those on the front line of our NHS. This helped those working long shifts in hospital. We also raised over £2000.
We donated 60 pairs of Period Pants to Freedom for Girls, a UK-registered charity fighting against period poverty. They work to challenge stigmas, taboos and gender equalities associated with menstruation.
We donated Period Pants and reusable pads to Bloody Good Period, who provides 40 nationwide asylum seeker drop-in centres with period products for those who can't afford them.
We donated Period Pants to Perthshire Women's Aid, an independent charity supporting those who are fleeing domestic abuse and other forms of gender-based violence.
We donated Period Pants to Solace Women's Aid, an organisation which supports survivors of domestic abuse and all forms of Violence Against Women & Girls (WAWG).
We donated Period Pants to Give Your Best, an organisation that works to empower and provide clothing to people in need of women's clothes, including refugees and asylum seekers.
We donated Period Pants to Butterfly House, a Bedfordshire-based women's refuge, run by Places for People Living+ for women and their children fleeing domestic abuse.
We donated Period Pants to WHAG (formerly Women's Houses Action Group), a charity that offers supported accommodation and domestic abuse services for women and men.