Period kits given to students for sport away games

Period kits are being provided to student athletes at a university to "reduce anxiety and stress" around menstruating during sport. Teesside University is giving the kits to its sport clubs to take on away fixtures as part of its Period Dignity campaign, which aims to help women feel comfortable enough to keep participating. Volleyball team captain Samantha Soto Pupillo, a second year law student, said the kits would provide "extra reassurance" and "means students can focus on taking part". "As an athlete, the last thing you want to be worrying about before or during a fixture is whether you have everything you need if your period starts unexpectedly," she said.