Periods are a normal part of life, but there is still so much silence an​​d stigma around them. A lot of young people​​ don’t receive the support or information they need to feel confident ​​managing their periods or talking about them openly.

Girlguiding have teamed up with Plan International UK to offer their Period Proud Peers programme to Guide and Ranger units in Scotland.

Interested in finding out more?

Register for our online leader workshop at 7pm on Monday 30 March 2026 by completing the form at the bottom of this page.

Can’t make that date – no problem, we are planning on running more workshops over the next year. Email 4Peereducation@girlguiding.org.uk to be added to a list for the next workshop.

What is the Period Proud Peers programme?

The Period Proud Peers programme aims to help young people learn more about periods and have open and honest conversations about them.

It does this by recruiting young people to become Period Proud Peers, who lead fun period-related activities with their friends. In Girlguiding, this would be others in their units.

Who can be a Period Proud Peer?

A Period Proud Peer is someone aged 13-19 who is supported to plan and run the period related activities for others in their unit. This could be a young leader in a Guide unit, or 1 or 2 Rangers who want to run the activities for the other Rangers in their unit. If you don’t have young leaders in your Guide unit, then older Guides (aged 13+) could also become Period Peers and run the activities instead.

There is a Period Peers handbook which they will be given with all the information needed to run the activities.

How long will the activities take to do?

There are 5 activities in the handbook, and the suggestion is that the Period Peers pick 3 to run. They could run all 3 activities together in 1 evening (each activity will take about 30 minutes) or they could choose to spread the activities out over a couple of meetings, if it’s a topic that your unit would like to engage with more.

Do we have to do anything after completing the activities?

At the end of the Period Peer’s session, you’ll need to support the members of your unit to complete a short anonymous survey from Plan International UK about their experience. This can be completed either individually online by scanning the QR code in the letter with the handbook, or as a group, by completing a paper form and then putting the data into an online form. This data will be shared with Plan International UK, to help them evaluate the success of the programme.

Once the Period Peer has run the activities in your unit, and you’ve completed the feedback survey, you’ll receive an exclusive Period Proud Peers badge for everyone who took part!

We’d also encourage you to do some follow-up activities such as having a period party and inviting friends or relatives, or running a community event to reach more people.

Becoming a period proud environment

A period proud environment is somewhere that supports young people to manage their periods with confidence and reduces period shame and stigma. As part of the programme, you’ll be sent a Period Proud Environment checklist with some ideas of what you can do within your units.

We’d love to know what you get up to – please send any photos, stories and feedback to 4peereducation@girlguiding.org.uk

Interested in finding out more?

Come along to our leader workshop on Zoom to learn how to support a young member in your unit to become a Period Proud Peer.

Can’t make it to this session? No problem, we are planning to run more workshops over the next year. Email 4peereducation@girlguiding.org.uk to be told when the next workshop is available to book.