Open Call for Involvement:  Department for Education’s Period Products Scheme

Please note that this notice is for early market engagement and exploratory purposes only.   

The Period Products Scheme

The Period Products Scheme ensures that period products are available and accessible, free of charge, to girls and women who need them in schools and colleges. The scheme aims to reduce periods as a barrier to education, promote dignity and equality in learning environments and tackle stigma associated with periods.   

Tackling this problem remains a key priority and is part of Department for Education's (DfE) strategy to support the Government's mission to break down the barriers to opportunity.   

Market engagement

The DfE is seeking to engage parties (including SMEs and Voluntary Community and Social Enterprises) who are interested in exploring how they can help ensure no girl faces barriers to their education and activities due to the lack of period dignity across the UK and wishes to provide its resources to make a positive social impact that can be felt for generations to come.  

We are actively looking to explore a wide range of approaches to delivery and specifically welcome perspectives relating to sponsorship, partnerships and/or alternative commissioning models which could maximise the impact of the scheme and/or harness Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).  

Virtual event

The DfE shall be hosting a virtual event on Tuesday 20th May 2025 at 10:00 to discuss the vision for the scheme from the start of the 2026/27 academic year onwards and would like to encourage any parties who are interested in contributing to the success of a future scheme to register for this event. To do so, please contact period.products@education.gov.uk by COP on Thursday 15th May 2025.