States of Jersey refreshes free period product scheme - BBC News

A scheme to provide free period products has been refreshed and relaunched following feedback, the States of Jersey has said.

The government programme was first launched in September 2022 with the aim of making period products easy to access.

Following public feedback, the products would now be made available through three methods of distribution, officials said.

Minister for Social Security Lyndsay Feltham said: "All of this feedback has been extremely helpful and has led us to deliver a refreshed scheme which I believe will serve islanders much better."

She added: "We have also considered how the products are distributed to make sure they are done so in the best way possible."

The new distribution models are:

To date, the scheme has distributed 55,000 packs of products.

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