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  <title>COVERED — Updates</title>
  <subtitle>Free period products, paid for by advertising. Building in the open from Exeter, UK.</subtitle>
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  <id>https://coveredaccess.com/</id>
  <updated>2026-07-06T12:00:00Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name>COVERED</name>
    <email>ameliaireland18@gmail.com</email>
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  <entry>
    <title>Exeter pilot: recruiting venues and founding advertising partners</title>
    <link href="https://coveredaccess.com/#venues"/>
    <id>https://coveredaccess.com/#pilot-recruiting</id>
    <published>2026-07-03T12:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-07-03T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>COVERED is recruiting Exeter venues for a 6–8 week zero-cost pilot of its free period product dispensers, and founding advertising partners for the ad-funded model. Venues provide wall space and a plug socket; COVERED handles installation, restocking, maintenance and monthly impact reporting.</summary>
  </entry>

  <entry>
    <title>COVERED launches: free period products, paid for by advertising</title>
    <link href="https://coveredaccess.com/"/>
    <id>https://coveredaccess.com/#launch</id>
    <published>2026-06-28T12:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-06-28T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>COVERED is a UK social enterprise installing smart wall-mounted dispensers that give out free, plastic-free period products, funded entirely by brands advertising on the dispensers' 32-inch screens. More than 1 in 10 UK women and people who menstruate struggled to afford period products in the last year (ActionAid UK).</summary>
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