About Us
Meet Team MHPWho are we?
Menstrual Health Project (MHP) is a UK charity who provides educational tools, offers workplace and school sessions, and raises awareness for menstrual health conditions and related concerns.
With the expertise of our Medical Advisory Board, MHP works to better the education surrounding menstrual health, working for better patient outcomes.
Image credit: Dani Harry Photography
Bridging the Gap
Trustee and Medical Advisory Board Member Mr Anthony Griffiths delivering a session on endometriosis at MHP event, An Evening for Endometriosis. He also delivered an FAQ session with co-founders Anna and Gabz, answering submitted guest and social media questions.
Image credit: Dani Harry Photography.
Co-founders Gabz (left) and Anna (right) with Trustee and Medical Advisory Board Member Mr Amer Raza at Q5. At the panel event, Anna and Gabz shared their lived experiences of endometriosis in the workplace, and Consultant Gynaecologist Mr Raza gave a voice to the medical professionals striving for better patient care.
Dr Barbara Guinn, Researcher in Biomedical Sciences at Hull York Medical School, speaking at An Evening for Endometriosis. A portion of the profits from the event was donated to help fund their endometriosis diagnostic research.
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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.
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How It Started
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.
“We are both incredibly passionate about advocating for not only for ourselves, but others who suffer with hidden disabilities. We have used our own platforms to educate, raise awareness and support those with similar conditions as best as we can.”
