Mind Your P’s – Celia Hodson, Founder of Hey Girls

Intro

As a single mother of three, with two young daughters, Celia told us how she experienced period poverty before it was an openly discussed issue. Determined to take action, Celia and her daughters launched Hey Girls CIC from her kitchen table in 2018, now her company is an instantly-recognisable brand in helping to fight period poverty in the UK.

Selling eco-friendly and feminine-friendly sanitary tampons, pads and cups through ‘buy one to give one’ product lines, which provides essential products to low-income families in the UK. In what’s been a whirlwind couple of years, Celia is now a multi-award winning entrepreneur, with over 14.9 million products donated and has contracts with UK governments and the biggest retailers.

Follow Celia’s journey

Website: heygirls.co.uk

Twitter: @heygirlsuk, @CeliaHodson

LinkedIn: Hey Girls, Celia Hodson

Instagram: @heygirlsuk

You’ll learn

• How to define culture so that your people can engage and challenge each other
• How to trust your knowledge to ask the right questions
• Sustainable models in social enterprises

Mentions

• Great British Entrepreneur of the Year award
• Bodyform, Tampax

Episode Transcript