Essity donates 3.3m hygiene products to UK charities
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 25 Oct, 11:02 · Archive
Essity donated 3.3 million hygiene products to 2,780 charities across the UK, including 80 in Wales, in the first half of 2026.
Essity, the hygiene and health company behind brands including Tork, Bodyform, Cushelle and TENA, donated 3.3 million hygiene products through In Kind Direct to 2,780 charities across the UK in the first half of 2026. Eighty of these charities operate in Wales.
The donations comprised more than 1.76 million Bodyform period pads, enough to help people manage an estimated 88,005 periods with dignity. The company also donated 538,740 toilet rolls, equivalent to a month's supply for an estimated 33,671 families, and 292,338 TENA products to help people manage incontinence.
Under its annual partnership with In Kind Direct, Essity commits to donating 1.2 million period pads and 1 million toilet rolls each year. The donations aim to address hygiene poverty and the difficult choices people face when they cannot afford basic hygiene products.
Essity has also installed free Tork washroom and hygiene dispensers for five charitable organisations as part of its charity washroom fit-out programme, with a further nine installations planned for the second half of 2026.
How it is being reported
- Firm supports 80 Welsh charities with over 3 million hygiene donationsEssity donated 3.3 million hygiene products through In Kind Direct to 2,780 charities, including 80 in Wales, tackling hygiene poverty in H1 2026.North Wales Chronicle · 25 Oct, 10:35
- Firm supports 80 Welsh charities with over 3 million hygiene donationsEssity donated 3.3 million hygiene products through In Kind Direct to 2,780 charities, including 80 in Wales, tackling hygiene poverty in H1 2026.North Wales Pioneer · 25 Oct, 10:35
In this story: Essity · In Kind Direct · Wales · Flintshire · Tesco
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