YorKits

26/03/2026

This Saturday is our monthly workshop held at Hattrig Oaks 10am-12pm.
Everyone is welcome, please email [email protected] for more details.

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who joined our York Minster Workshop yesterday!

Lots of work and lots of fun. Many thanks to the Minster refreshments team for the welcome cuppas, the Lord Mayor, Martin Rowley, for his expert press stud sewing, and the Minster for hosting us.
Most of all we couldn't do it without the work of the Yorkits team, our friends from Tadcrafters and all today's volunteers. Well done to everyone.

05/03/2026

Today has been such an amazing day! Thank you to everyone who has joined us to make 127 kits!!!!

05/03/2026

Today the day! Today we have our annual York Minster workshop.

During last years event we completed 128 kits – that’s more than 25,000 days of schooling!

If you’re joining the evnt, we can’t wait to see your there. We're looking forward to a busy day. And don’t forget to dress up warm.

02/03/2026

We’re looking forward to our York Minster workshop later in the week, but don’t forget to check out other events taking place to celebrate York International Women’s Week 2026!

York International Women's Week

28/02/2026

Thinking about joining our York Minster workshop but not sure what it will involve? You could take part in creating different components of the kits!

Yorkits has devised a practical, re-usable and eco-friendly solution to this problem – using brightly patterned cottons to make cleverly designed pads and covers which are then packed into attractive drawstring bags. These can be easily sewn by hand or with a sewing machine.

The contents of a kit are:
8 soft pads
2 pad pockets
2 pairs of knickers
A flannel (wash cloth)
A waterproof bag to carry soiled pads in
A postcard from the Yorkits team, showing how to use the pads
A Ziploc bag to put the above items in, and,
An attractive drawstring cotton bag to carry it all.

Check out our recent posts on how to book your place!

26/02/2026

One week today until our annual Yorkits workshop in celebration of international women’s day!!

This years Yorkits Workshop will take place on Thursday 5th March at York Minster. There will be two sessions: 10am until 12.30pm and 1.30 until 4pm. All materials and equipment will be provided and refreshments will be available.

Please note: there is a suggested donation of £3.00, payable on the day, to cover the costs of materials and to help towards seed-funding community self-help groups overseas to make kits out of local materials. Or, you might like to donate a couple of pairs of new knickers, preferably dark coloured and size between 8 and 18.

Girls deserve dignity as well as an education.

Places at the workshops are limited and free tickets need to be booked in advance. Tickets are available by calling 01904 557200 or by going to https://yorkminster.org/whats-on/event/yorkits-workshop/

23/02/2026

We can’t wait for our upcoming Yorkits Workshop on Thursday 5th March!

Yorkits Coordinator Janice Lawson said: “Yorkits have been sending feminine hygiene kits to girls in developing countries for over thirteen years. Each kit allows a girl to go to school when she is having her period, rather than be isolated at home, missing education and being vulnerable to abuse. A kit should last a girl for 3 years – equal to 200 days of schooling not missed.

We are pleased to be back at the Minster again – it’s a busy cheerful event and gives us a big boost to our kit making. We completed 128 kits at last year’s Minster event – that’s more than 25,000 days of schooling.”

Check out our recent posts for more information!

22/02/2026

Tune in to BBC Radio York tomorrow (Monday) at 10.30 to hear Pat talking all about Yorkits, our upcoming York Minster event, and her experiences of supporting women living in poverty in India

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_york

Pat has been going to Goa for over 20 years to visit women and girls living in poverty on the edge of town. She has not only taken kits (firstly from Days for Girls, but now Yorkits), but also does health camps - teaching the women and girls about their own bodies and the need for hygiene. We reckon she must have distributed well over 1000 kits. The kits enable the girls to stay in school and over time this has the effect of raising self respect and ambition amongst the women in the community.

Pat is an amazing woman who has helped so many girls and women over the years. Thank you to Pat and all the other friends who take Yorkits to where they are needed.

20/02/2026

International Women’s Week in York Minster, will see the annual Yorkits Workshop on Thursday 5th March. At this event, teams of volunteers will make washable, re-usable feminine hygiene kits for girls in developing countries.

Run by Rotary York Ainsty, Yorkits is a hands-on community project bringing women and girls from York and the region together, to make feminine hygiene kits which change the lives of young girls by keeping them in education during their menstruation.

Yorkits has devised a practical, re-usable and eco-friendly solution to this problem – using brightly patterned cottons to make cleverly designed pads and covers which are then packed into attractive drawstring bags. These can be easily sewn by hand or with a sewing machine.

We are pleased to be back at the Minster again – it’s a busy cheerful event and gives us a big boost to our kit making. We completed 128 kits at last year’s Minster event – that’s more than 25,000 days of schooling.”

This year’s annual Yorkits Workshop will take place on Thursday 5th March at York Minster. There will be two sessions: 10am until 12.30pm and 1.30 until 4pm. All materials and equipment will be provided and refreshments will be available. Please note: there is a suggested donation of £3.00, payable on the day, to cover the costs of materials and to help towards seed-funding community self-help groups overseas to make kits out of local materials. Or, you might like to donate a couple of pairs of new knickers, preferably dark coloured and size between 8 and 18.

Girls deserve dignity as well as an education.

Places at the workshops are limited and free tickets need to be booked in advance. Tickets are available by calling 01904 557200 or by emailing [email protected]

Or follow the link below:

Yorkits is a hands-on community project bringing women and girls from York

11/02/2026

We are pleased to be back at the Minster again – it’s a busy cheerful event and gives us a big boost to our kit making. We completed 128 kits at last year’s Minster event – that’s more than 25,000 days of schooling.”

This year’s annual Yorkits Workshop will take place on Thursday 5th March at York Minster. There will be two sessions: 10am until 12.30pm and 1.30 until 4pm. All materials and equipment will be provided and refreshments will be available. Please note: there is a suggested donation of £3.00, payable on the day, to cover the costs of materials and to help towards seed-funding community self-help groups overseas to make kits out of local materials. Or, you might like to donate a couple of pairs of new knickers, preferably dark coloured and size between 8 and 18.

Girls deserve dignity as well as an education.

Places at the workshops are limited and free tickets need to be booked in advance. Tickets are available by calling 01904 557200 or by going to [email protected]