A Cumbrian football club has signed up with charity Hey Girls to help tackle period poverty.

West Cumbrian side Whitehaven Amateurs have signed up to help with the Hey Girls’ campaign to eradicate period poverty across Cumbria.

Starting in 2018 Social Enterprise Hey Girls have gone from strength to strength becoming the supplier to the Scottish and Welsh governments.

Their campaign to eradicate period poverty has provided 33 million products with their promise of every on bought they donate one.

Whitehaven AFC Welfare Officer, Juliet Buchanan said: “As a club situated in known areas of deprivation, we were delighted to offer a safe place for people to come and collect these packs.

“The packs will be available to collect discretely from the Ladies toilet facilities situated inside the clubhouse.”

The club has stepped up to be a collection point for these packs as well.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has also partnered with social enterprise Hey Girls to provide complimentary period products to staff and help tackle period poverty across Cumbria.

In addition, for every product ordered by the NDA one is also donated to community partners like local charity the Whitehaven Community Trust to support people across the region, with around 3,000 products being donated so far.