Women and girls in Sunderland will have access to free sanitary products as part of a new initiative backed by the council. Period poverty is prevalent in the North East, with girls missing school due to being unable to afford sanitary products and food banks reporting an increase in demand. […]
Properties owned by a Newcastle student accommodation provider are listed in a database of properties registered offshore, SRNews can reveal. Liberty Living, who operate purpose-built student accommodation across the UK – including a number of sites in Newcastle – have been found to own properties which were registered to companies […]
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by SR News can reveal that hundreds of children have accessed treatment for eating disorders over the last three years. Information provided by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust shows that since 2016, one four-year-old and two six-year-olds have received treatment from […]
A pop-up food waste cafe has successfully crowdfunded to open a permanent space in Newcastle. The exact location will be decided in the new year. The Magic Hat Cafe serves food that was destined for landfill, from supermarkets, restaurants and farms, on a ‘pay as you feel’ basis. They have […]
A student-led charity is tackling poor sex education in schools. Sexpression:UK delivers lessons on sex and relationships, from consent to contraception. According to a 2017 report by Brook, a sexual health charity, 47 per cent of young people believe traditional lessons don’t cover what they need to know about sex. […]
A pioneering new service set up by Mental Health Concern, a North East charity, has been shortlisted for a 2018 Bright Ideas in Health Award. Set up in 2016, Together in a Crisis takes an innovative approach to supporting those who are in distress due to mental ill-health, but who […]
A campaign to make Newcastle’s pubs, clubs and bars ‘sexual harassment-free zones’ – returns this November ahead of the busy festive season. The ‘Shout-Up!’ campaign, a council-backed initiative which launched last year, is preparing to stamp out sexual harassment in some of Newcastle’s most popular student haunts – including the […]
As part of a national festival, a series of free events are set to draw attention to Sunderland’s proud heritage. Hundreds of free activities have been organised in towns and cities across the UK as part of the annual Being Human festival, a celebration of the way in which culture and […]
We’ve all dealt with the mess of an unexpected period. And who hasn’t felt the shame of standing in the queue with Always Ultra buried at the bottom of our basket (underneath a heap of unnecessary buys we’ve hastily thrown to hide them). Most of us will even have skipped […]
The Students’ Union at the University of Sunderland is set to decide whether to continue offering free sanitary products for all students. The Free Period campaign was launched in 2017 under then Vice President of Wellbeing and Engagement, Kirsty Paterson. The initiative, which launched on the back of coverage of […]