YorKits

23/07/2026

Ever wondered how we make our pads?
Check out this video showing the steps!

How to make kits

05/07/2026

Remember every kit should last a girl 3 years – equal to 200 days in school she would otherwise miss.
So, with 162 kits (125 made by the Minster volunteers at this years workshop and 37 by our Grimsby friends), that is over 32,000 school days for girls!

06/06/2026

Don’t forget to pop along to our craft stall at Tesco Askham Bar from 10am until we sell out!

We have lots of lovingly made crafts for sale which will help raise vital funds for Yorkits to support us in continuing to provide girls with dignity as well as the opportunity for education!

30/05/2026

1 week to go until our fundraising craft stall!

Saturday 6th June from 10am (until we sell out!)
At Tesco, Askham Bar

We will have lots of lovingly made crafts for sale to fundraise for Yorkits, including these Tunnocks Tea Cake cosies!

20/05/2026

Our partnership with Good Neighbours Niger and YorKits has grown. From the initial distribution of 23 menstrual hygiene kits to school girls it has now developed into a project promoting women and girls empowerment through sustainable menstrual health management.

Follow our website for more updates
https://www.goodneighbours-uk.org/

12/05/2026

Linking with The Gambian School Trust

“I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity as a student to be able to provide Gunjur with the essential sanitary products through the health care centre. I would like to think that the donations will be distributed accordingly in order to support the young girls and women who need it the most and I’m proud to say I had a small part in that.”

Quote from a student at Prince Henry’s
School who visited Gambia

04/05/2026

Yorkits reaching new places… Educate the Kids

“I have been lucky enough to visit Jolaurabi
school in Kenya run by the charity Educate the Kids for many years. Many of the teenage girls miss school when they have their periods due to not having any sanitary products. Luckily I have taken out the Yorkits sanitary packs to give out to the girls in the past. Last year the school has hired a seamstress Amina to sew uniforms and
she will also make up the packs for school.
Yorkits provided the templates and step-by-
step instructions to make the kits.

I am not a sewer, I can’t even thread a
needle, so we set up a WhatsApp group
with Amina in Kenya and Dorothy from
Yorkits to help her get started. This was
so beneficial to help Amina work out the
patterns .

Thank you to everyone from Yorkits and
Educate the kids!!!”

Quote from Louise Munnoch.

01/05/2026

An update from projects supported by Accomplish Children's Trust in Western Uganda!

Accomplish Children’s Trust very kindly took kits made from our Minster workshop to different projects in Western Uganda:

RapCd Primary School for disabled children

Four mothers collecting packs for their daughter's at an epilepsy outreach clinic in the Rwenzori mountains

Delivering pad packs at epilepsy outreach.

Kits (plus templates) were also delivered to an inclusive secondary school, a vocational centre that the charity also supports, in Kasese and Fort Portal respectively.

22/04/2026

Where do Yorkits kits go?

Zarina from Good Neighbours UK attended
the York Minster workshop in March 2025 and
later contacted us to see if we could provide
them with Yorkits to take to Niger.

Good Neighbours UK (GNUK) partnered with Good Neighbours Niger and local community organisations to introduce YorKits. In October, during the week of International Day of the Girl Child (11 October 2025), 23 girls in Beri Koira village, Hamdallaye, received Yorkits alongside practical training on menstrual health and hygiene. The session was led by a local focal point on sexual and reproductive health, with support from the Kollo health department, which nominated two volunteer mothers to act as ongoing mentors and trusted contacts for the girls. Beyond meeting immediate needs, Yorkits
served as a meaningful entry point for
community-led collaboration on girls’ health
and education.

“We are deeply grateful to Yorkits and
their volunteers for their generosity and
shared commitment to equality and
empowerment.”

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.