Period Friendly Places is run almost entirely by volunteers who help with our mission to end period poverty in Bristol, so we’re always in need of more volunteers and keen to meet people interested in helping with our mission.

There’s a variety of opportunities and if you think you can help in any way, we’d love to hear from you!

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The main tasks we need volunteers for

Supply and distribution – supplying period products to those in need is the core of what we do. We need volunteers to help us collect period products that have been donated at our donation points and take them to community venues we serve (these include places like community centres, health centres, libraries).

When we need volunteers

We hold a volunteering day on the last Friday of the month – this involves meeting at a central point in Bristol, teaming up with other volunteers to drive around and collect period products from some of our donation points (usually supermarkets) and delivering them to community venues, or to our storage point for future distribution.

You’ll be with someone else from the charity throughout and can either volunteer to drive or be a passenger. Typically, this will involve volunteering for half a day (usually in the morning), but we can be flexible and sort these details nearer the time.

Sometimes the day and time varies so please get in touch even if Fridays don’t always work for you – we can be flexible and appreciate any offer of help!

Please let us know when you sign up how much you can commit to and if you’re happy driving.

Email us at periodfriendlyplaces@gmail.com

On occasion there will be other tasks to help with supply and distribution, including:​

 

• Supermarket donation drives

We’re also organising donation drives in supermarkets. This involves representing the charity in store – encouraging shoppers to donate and letting them know what sort of products we need. This is a great chance to help spread the word about our mission and connect with and encourage local people to support us.
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• Setting up new donation points

As we expand our distribution network, we’ll be adding donation points in more places like supermarkets. On occasion we’ll need volunteers to help us set up in these new donation points. This is vital for us being able
to receive as many donations as possible and raising awareness of our mission in all corners of Bristol.

If any of these opportunities interest you, please get in touch!

Other volunteering opportunities

If you have any other skills like fundraising, finance, admin, communications, book-keeping, or anything else you think would help us, please get in touch! We’d love to hear from you.

 

Email periodfriendlyplaces@gmail.com

 

Thank you!