Quarter of women have missed work or school due to period poverty

A local project is determined to end period poverty within Herefordshire by offering free sanitary products in schools.

The Red Box Project Hereford is a community-based initiative which supports young people by providing red boxes filled with free period products to local schools. 

A survey out today has revealed more than a quarter of women have missed work or school because they can't afford to buy sanitary products. 

New research reveals over two-thirds have even been forced to use makeshift items at some point.

Sam Marsh from Hereford spoke to Sunshine Radio's Shaun Moore: