Menstrual Health Project
Nominee Profile
Location: Wrexham
Menstrual Health Project (MHP) is a UK charity supporting people who experience menstrual health conditions and concerns. Providing educational toolkits in a digestible format, MHP helps people access medically accurate information about menstrual health.
Delivering workplace and school sessions, MHP bridges the gap between patient and professional by showcasing patient perspectives alongside the expertise of our Medical Advisory Board. Part of what makes MHP special is our Medical Advisory Board, made up of medical professionals who are exceptionally passionate about driving change in the menstrual health space. Every single member of our board is eager to not only boost awareness about various menstrual health conditions and concerns, but work to create better care and outcomes for patients.
Our co-founders, along with many of our Trustees, find themselves as patients up and down the country with various conditions. Having experienced long waiting times to diagnosis and often little information about what these diagnoses might mean for them, it was important for all of Team MHP to create a space where the gap between patient and professional is bridged.
Anna and Gabz started off as two Instagram friends who connected through their mutual struggle with endometriosis. They have now become more like family and no longer ‘just’ cyber-pals — even their husbands and dogs are best friends.
After many conversations between them where they felt frustrated and deflated, they decided that they wanted to build on their own personal advocacy work on social media, and expand it to a larger scale. This was one of the main driving forces behind founding the charity Menstrual Health Project.
As a charity, we strive to help people navigate these conditions more confidently, accurately, and comfortably — whatever stage in life they are at. MHP’s main aim is to improve the education and understanding of menstrual health within all educational and workplace settings.
Delivering workplace and school sessions, MHP bridges the gap between patient and professional by showcasing patient perspectives alongside the expertise of our Medical Advisory Board. Part of what makes MHP special is our Medical Advisory Board, made up of medical professionals who are exceptionally passionate about driving change in the menstrual health space. Every single member of our board is eager to not only boost awareness about various menstrual health conditions and concerns, but work to create better care and outcomes for patients.
Our co-founders, along with many of our Trustees, find themselves as patients up and down the country with various conditions. Having experienced long waiting times to diagnosis and often little information about what these diagnoses might mean for them, it was important for all of Team MHP to create a space where the gap between patient and professional is bridged.
Anna and Gabz started off as two Instagram friends who connected through their mutual struggle with endometriosis. They have now become more like family and no longer ‘just’ cyber-pals — even their husbands and dogs are best friends.
After many conversations between them where they felt frustrated and deflated, they decided that they wanted to build on their own personal advocacy work on social media, and expand it to a larger scale. This was one of the main driving forces behind founding the charity Menstrual Health Project.
As a charity, we strive to help people navigate these conditions more confidently, accurately, and comfortably — whatever stage in life they are at. MHP’s main aim is to improve the education and understanding of menstrual health within all educational and workplace settings.