Posted on: March 21, 2024
For Women’s History Month, we wanted to shine a light on charities that focus on our local community and feminist issues around Manchester. We reached out to trustee Hannah from Every Month MCR to hear about their volunteer-lead charity that brings products to those who menstruate around Greater Manchester.
How long have you been going?
Every Month has been in existence as a volunteer group since 2016/2017. We became an official registered charity in July 2019. It is our 5 year anniversary as a registered charity this year!
Every Month is 100% volunteer led. We consist of a core group of volunteers and trustees and a wider network of volunteers that support events. We work with and provide period products to 55 organisations (foodbanks, drop in centres etc) across Greater Manchester.
What has been the greatest reward since being with the charity?
Probably the number of people we help – we now need 2485 packs per month in order to reach the organisations and individuals we support. Having said that, there is no one single ‘reward’ because whenever we can help those who need us, we consider that a reward. Becoming an official registered charity in 2019 was a great achievement as we had to raise funds and complete all the regulatory requirements. This opened us up to greater opportunities and helped raise our profile in the community.
How can people get involved?
Donate money, products or time! We are always looking for willing volunteers to help at events, raise money, collect products or drive for us. You can follow us on social media @everymonthmcr or go to our website to find out more: EVERY MONTH (everymonthcampaign.org)
Any big things happening within your charity in the next month you’d like to shout about?
Details of all our events can be found on our socials so keep updated as we have lots of exciting things planned for the coming months. We have a great long-time supporter of ours running the Manchester Marathon for us next month. He last ran for us in 2019. If anyone would like to support please visit: David Morgan is fundraising for Every Month (justgiving.com)
Every Month Manchester Website
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