[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We're delighted to welcome Chrissy Cattle as Irise's new CEO! [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Chrissy, who will join Irise in April 2024, is moving on from her role as Foundation Manager of the Old Dart Foundation, a grantmaking organisation partnering with social change actors in Peru and Papua New Guinea. Since graduating from a Masters in Environmental Change and International...
Our Annual Report for 2022 is now available to read here. The annual report from our sister organisation, Irise Institute East Africa, is also available for the same period.Irise is a driving force for Period Equality locally, nationally and globally. In 2022 we:• Catalysed youth-led action for Period Equality across the UK. • Equipped a grassroots...
After a decade of service, our founding CEO, Emily Wilson, is moving on to new adventures and it is time for the Irise community to choose their next CEO.Irise was set-up to enable the voice and power of the people most held back by period inequality and injustice. Since day 1 our incredible team of...
Irise was started in response to a Kenyan schoolgirl, given a chance to tell stakeholders what she wanted and needed, sharing that periods were holding her back in school and that no one would listen. We dreamt of creating an institution that could champion the voice and leadership of the people most sidelined by this...
We're looking for new partners to join our Empower Period South Yorkshire Programme. Partners receive:training to deliver peer-led period support in their community or school paid support for 2 youth champions to deliver peer-led activities can claim for up to £500 of staff time to help them participate in the programme.Click here to find out...
In July I attended the Women Deliver conference in Rwanda with colleagues from Irise Institute East Africa and then travelled to Uganda to see Irise Institute East Africa’s work in action.The way that Irise started was at the forefront of my mind. A Kenyan schoolgirl, given a chance to tell stakeholders what she wanted and...
On 16th October 22 we brought together young people and their allies to plan their next big campaign for Period Justice in the UK.A masssive thank you to The Blagrave Trust for helping to make this happen.View the agenda and line-up for the eventView a write-up of the eventView a short video featuring interviews with...
From our Period Positive schools programme keeping girls in class in Uganda to our Empower Period initiative supporting peer-led action to tackle period poverty in the UK- we couldn't do it without your support.Click below to access updates from our CEO on our work in the UK and East Africa so far this year.An update from...
On 25th July we were delighted to be joined by Sheffield Lord Mayor, Sioned-Mair Richards and Lord Mayoress, Jaqueline Satur, to launch our Empower Period Programme South Yorkshire.The programme enables young champions to lead action for period equality in their own communities and we're delighted to be working with the following amazing partners: Ship Shape community...
We welcome and applaud the explicit acknowledgement of the reality that the UK’s health and care system has been designed “by men, for men”. We also celebrate the important step forward that having a dedicated strategy for Women’s Health in England represents.We particularly welcome the commitments to invest more in research and evidence and to...
