Hygiene poverty - where the cost of purchasing everyday hygiene and grooming products such as shampoo, toothpaste and tampons is too much - is a recognised issue in society. To help those in the borough who experience hygiene poverty, the council has worked in partnership with the local community to install hygiene banks to help address the issue.
Hygiene banks are designated locations where you can donate unused hygiene products. These banks will be regularly emptied, with the content redistributed through food banks and community pantries for those at need to access them.
You can donate items such as:
The list is not definitive, so please donate other hygiene products if suitable.
PLEASE NOTE all items should be NEW and UNUSED, with underwear being in its original packaging.
The location of the hygiene banks is listed below. Please note this list may change over time, so do check this page for updates.
HAVANT
Beacon Church: Meridian Shopping Centre, Elm Lane, PO9 1UN
Co-Op Funeral Care: 28a North Street, PO9 1PT
Havant Library: Meridian Shopping Centre, Elm Lane, PO9 1UN
Havant Borough Council: Public Service Plaza, Civic Centre Road, PO9 2AX
Horizon Leisure Centre: Civic Centre Road, PO9 2AY
Moores Traditional Funeral Directors: 11 North Street, PO9 1ET
Oak Park Community Clinic: 8 Lavant Drive, PO9 2AW
WATERLOOVILLE
Care and Share Waterlooville: 41 Stakes Hill Road, PO7 7LA
Co-Operative Funeralcare: 320 London Road, PO7 7DU
Growing Places Nursery: Mill Road, PO7 7DB
Horizon Leisure Centre: Waterberry Drive, PO7 7UW
Springwood Community Centre: 110 Springwood Avenue, PO7 8BJ
Waterlooville Library: The Precinct, London Road, PO7 7DT
Waterlooville Area Community Association (WACA) 10 Maurepas Way, PO7 7AY.
LEIGH PARK
Alfie's Arc: 19 Greywell Road, Greywell Shopping Centre, PO9 4EU
Leigh Park Baptist Church: Stockheath Road, PO9 5NT
Leigh Park Community Centre: Dunsbury Way, PO9 5BG
Leigh Park Library: 50 Park Parade, PO9 5AB
Munch Pantry: The Dickinson Centre, Park Community School, Middle Park Way, PO9 4BU
Peace Centre: 15 Middle Park Way, PO9 4AB
BEDHAMPTON
Bedhampton Community Centre: 21 Bedhampton Road, PO9 3ES
EMSWORTH
One Church Emsworth: 134 Main Road, Thorney Road, PO10 8BN
HAYLING ISLAND
Hayling Library and Hayling Pantry: 99 Elm Grove, PO11 9EE
Hayling Island Community Centre Association (HICCA): Station Road, PO11 0HB
If you need to use this service your best bet will be to contact your local food bank or pantry to check they have what you need. A list of organisations in the borough can be found on the following web page - Community Food Support Network.
If you are an organisation that would like to provide space for a hygiene bank within the borough, please email askcommunity@havant.gov.uk in the first instance. A member of the council's Community Team will then contact you regarding next steps.