An app has been created to help make it easier for you to access the free products in your local areas. Just search ‘pick up my period’ in the app store on your Apple or Android device and the app will provide you with an interactive map of all locations products are available from. The app is also signposted via the
MyAberdeenshire app.
Among the locations, you’ll find all Live Life Aberdeenshire swimming pools and libraries stock free items. They should be freely available within ladies/disabled toilets.
This important work relates to the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 Act, which states that everyone in Scotland who menstruates should have reasonably convenient access to period products, free of charge, as and when they are required. This includes visitors to Scotland for the duration of their stay.
If you have a query about free period product provision, email ourfreeperiod@aberdeenshire.gov.uk