To mark International Women’s Day 2017, Soroptimist International of Manchester donated hundreds of sanitary products to The Monthly Gift. Set up by Christina Ward while she was a student, The Monthly Gift encourages donations of sanitary products for homeless women and other women in need. Volunteers distribute the products to those that need them most via food banks, refuges and homeless charities. Volunteers have already expanded The Monthly Gift to Nottingham and it is launching also in Leeds.