Access to free period products

You can find free period pads, tampons and Mooncups all around campus. Take what you need, when you need it.

What is provided

To address concerns surrounding the environmental impact of conventional period products, we provide the following sustainable solutions:

 

Gender Neutral Toilets | Estates

Where to find free period products at the University

The map and table below show places across the University where you can collect free products.

Clicking on each location will give more information on where you can access the products in each building.

The map and table are updated as more supply points are added.

Locations map

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Locations listing

Name of College/school/organisation/departmentBuildingLocation of products
Advice Place, Edinburgh University Students' AssociationPotterrow at Bristo SquareSignage in the office directs to a supply point, accessible during opening hours
Advice Place, Edinburgh University Students' AssociationKing's Buildings HouseSignage in the office directs to a supply point, accessible during opening hours
Bedlam Theatre11b Bristo PlaceMain toilets
Biological sciencesAshworth LaboratoriesYou can pick up free products by the door to First Aid room G.Z4AM, on the stairwell between ground and first floors
 Daniel Rutherford BuildingArea outside B76- lower ground floor near teaching labs
 Roger Land BuildingArea to the right hand side of door GZ03
Biomedical Teaching OrganisationBuilding 113, Doorway 3, Old Medical SchoolAccessible toilet on the first floor, 1.Z46, and accessible toilet on the ground floor, G.Z24
Business School29 Buccleuch PlaceRooms LG.Z07 and GF.Z06
Centre for Cell BiologySwann BuildingToilet area to rear of servitor’s service desk
ChemistryChristina Miller BuildingToilets 0MZ03 and 01MZ03
 Joseph Black BuildingToilets in the basement, BZ19, and on the ground floor, GZ48
Computing labsHugh Robson BuildingRoom GZ13
DivinityNew CollegeIn the female toilets on the ground floor in the main building
Edinburgh BioQuarterCentre for Regenerative Medicine5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UU
Edinburgh College of Art Hunter Building, Lauriston PlaceBehind the Hunter Building reception
 Evolution House, Lauriston PlaceRoom 1.07
 Main Building, Lauriston PlaceRoom C52B
 Hunter Building, Lauriston PlaceRoom 039A
Education/Centre for Open LearningPaterson's Land, HolyroodNear the Centre for Open Learning reception, on the ground floor
Edinburgh Dental InstituteLauriston BuildingToilets 7063 and 7019
Edinburgh Medical SchoolChancellor's BuildingAll toilets
Edinburgh Medical SchoolMedical education Centre, Western General HospitalAll toilets
GeosciencesOld InfirmaryIn female toilets in basement
GeosciencesGrant Institute, King's BuildingsIn female toilets on first floor
Health and Wellbeing Centre7 Bristo SquareAfter sliding door on ground floor, The Pharmacy, various toilets
Health in Social ScienceMedical School, Doorway 6, Teviot PlaceIn female toilets on second floor, and gender neutral toilets on first mezzanine
History, Classics and ArchaeologyMedical School QuadIn toilets on floors 3, 2, 1M, Ground and outside Room G.06. of the William Robertson Wing (doorway 4)
InformaticsAppleton TowerOn Levels 4 and 6
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities2 Hope Park SquareRoom 18, first floor
Institute for Regeneration & Repair, Centre for Regenerative MedicineEdinburgh BioQuarter 
Literatures, Languages and Cultures50 George SquareIn the Student Support Office waiting area, outside room 1.10.
LibrariesLaw Library, Old CollegeIn the lower ground floor accessible toilet (LG.Z15) and also in the mezzanine toilet (00M.Z157).
 Main Library

Lower ground floor (female toilet, central)

Ground floor (gender neutral toilet, east side)

1st floor (female toilet, central)

2nd floor (female toilet, central)

3rd floor (female toilet, west side) 

4th floor (female toilet, west side)

 Moray House LibraryGround floor, female toilet
 Murray Library1st and 2nd floor female toilets
 Vet Library1st floor female toilet
MathsJames Clerk Maxwell Building, King's Buildings 

Accessible toilet opposite room 6223

Female toilets, 5th floor, opposite 5321

PharmacyHealth & Wellbeing Centre, Bristo SquareInside Pharmacy
Philosophy, Psychology and Language SciencesDugald Stewart BuildingAll toilets
Physics and AstronomyJames Clerk Maxwell Building, King's Buildings In accessible toilet opposite room 4318
Pollock HallsReception CentreA supply point is available via the back of the Reception Centre
Royal Observatory Edinburgh; IFA buildingBlackford HillFemale and accessible toilets
Reid Concert HallBristo SquareIn ladies and universal toilets
Science and EngineeringCrew BuildingIn gender neutral toilets: G.Z4, 1.Z4
 Fleeming Jenkins buildingFemale toilet on ground floor, opposite the Engineers’ Hub
 Murchison HouseLevel 1 toilet
Social and Political ScienceChrystal MacMillan Building

G.Z22 (gender-neutral accessible toilet on the GF, behind the café)

G.Z09 (gender-neutral accessible toilet on the GF, in Stairwell #2)

Sport and ExercisePeffermill Playing FieldsFirst Aid Room (unlocked and accessible to all)
Sport and ExercisePleasance Sports ComplexIn changing rooms
Student Systems and AdministrationStudent Information Point, Old CollegeA supply point is available to right when you enter the Student Information Point
Students' AssociationPotterowOutside male and female toilets on lower ground floor
 Teviot Row HouseDownstairs in left-hand stairwell outside toilets and in gender-neutral toilets next to Dining Room
Veterinary ScienceRoslin Building, Easter Bush campusOutside room G.006
Veterinary ScienceMain BuildingIn the common room - room G.52, next to the catering facilities

Free period products initiative

This is part of a Scottish Government initiative to provide access to free period products for students in schools, colleges and universities.

The aim is to support equality, dignity and rights for those who menstruate and to ensure that lack of access to products does not impact on an individual’s ability to fully participate in education at all levels.

Queries and feedback

If you have any queries about the initiative, or any positive or negative feedback on how it works for you, we would like to hear from you.

Email periodproducts@ed.ac.uk