Hygiene poverty means going without shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, period products, nappies - the basics most people never think twice about. For hundreds of thousands across the UK, these essentials are simply out of reach. The consequences are devastating. Children miss school. Adults lose jobs. Mental health deteriorates. Shame keeps it hidden. Unlike food poverty, it rarely makes headlines, yet it unravels every corner of a person's life quietly and invisibly.

The Hygiene Bank believes hygiene is a basic human right, not a privilege.Through a volunteer-led network of local Hygiene Banks and trusted partners (foodbanks, refuges, schools, family centres) we get essential hygiene products directly into the hands of the people who need them most. We don't just deliver supplies. We deliver dignity. No stigma, no shame, no barriers. Just the everyday essentials that let people show up to their lives feeling clean, confident, and with their heads held high.