A Northern Ireland council is to continue providing free period products despite the Department of Education slashing funding for the service.
The money schools get from the Department of Education to provide free period products has been cut by more than 40%.
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council (LCCC) had previously run a six month pilot scheme to address local community period poverty in June 2022, with free sanitary products in eight of its community and activity centres.
Read more: Northern Ireland on the brink of ending period poverty and providing free products for all.
