The Hygiene Bank

Powered by our volunteers in local communities, and the reach of our national brand partners, we deliver essential hygiene and personal care products to those who need them the most.

At the same time, we’re driving change, raising awareness, challenging stigma and influencing policy - because we believe everyone deserves to feel clean.

Hygiene poverty is not being able to afford many of the everyday hygiene and personal grooming products most of us take for granted, like shampoo, body wash, laundry detergent, tampons, nappies or toothpaste. 

At The Hygiene Bank, we believe it is not right that feeling clean should be a luxury or a privilege for anyone in our society, yet 4.2 million adults in the UK are living in hygiene poverty and cannot afford to stay clean.

It isn’t about cleanliness, or even mental and physical wellbeing, hygiene poverty blocks opportunities and limits life chances - going without shampoo, toothpaste, laundry detergent causes suffering on a day-to-day basis. People affected by hygiene poverty feel shame, anxiety, depression,

And the consequences can have long-lasting implications, people avoid going to work or to job interviews, and they severely reduce and limit their social interactions. So, hygiene poverty limits access to education, work and to routes out of poverty.

You can be a part of the solutlon - come and chat with us to find out more.....