Poverty not only means that families go hungry but also women and girls have to live without sanitary products.
One teenager told the BBC she taped toilet roll to her underwear and missed school “every month” because of her period.
Two teenage girls spoke to BBC Radio Leeds about how they tried to cope without tampons, sanitary towels or pain relief.
One of the girls said: “I wrapped a sock around my underwear just to stop the bleeding, because I didn’t want to get shouted at. And I wrapped a whole tissue roll around my underwear, just to keep my underwear dry until I got home. I once Sellotaped tissue to my underwear. I didn’t know what else to do.
“I didn’t get any money because my mum was a single parent and she had five mouths to feed, so there wasn’t much leftover money in the pot to be giving to us.”
Bradford Central Foodbank not only gives away food but also sanitary products and other toiletries. Go to our donate page so we can provide more emergency help.