PickupMyPeriod app helps users find free tampons and pads in Scotland

In November 2020, Scotland became the first country to make period products free by law. Now, to help connect those freely available tampons and pads with the people who need them, social enterprise Hey Girls has launched PickupMyPeriod. 

The app directs users to the nearest place that offers free period products, allowing them to filter by type of product, location and accessibility — for example, tampons in a wheel-chair accessible office. A second part of the app uses flashcards to provide menstrual health education. Development was supported by the Scottish government.