We believe everyone deserves to feel clean, yet 4.2 million adults in the UK are living in hygiene poverty and cannot afford everyday hygiene and cleaning products that most of us take for granted, like shampoo, washing up liquid and deodorant or toothpaste.  

This Christmas, The Multibank has joined forces with The Hygiene Bank and the entertainment industry and the sports community to  respond to the rising issue of hygiene poverty amongst young people up-and-down the United Kingdom, guaranteeing that they can approach 2025 equipped with the tools, assurance, and confidence, they need to maximise opportunity and potential at school. 

Our objective? collect product donations of soap, shampoo, shower gel, deodorant, toothpaste, and toothbrushes into the hands of our neediest, alleviating the strain off of teachers and key workers, and enabling every young person to maximise their academic potential, without fear or judgement.

Partnered sports clubs across football and rugby are facilitating matchday fan donation drives at their home stadium within the month of December. If you cannot attend any of the matches, here is how you can help people in your local community who are living in hygiene poverty.

  How can you help?

Make a donation

To help those in need this Christmas. With 4.2 million people in the UK unable to afford hygiene basics, they are having to make difficult choices between buying food or hygiene basics like toothpaste or washing up liquid.
Drop off bin

Find your nearest drop off point

The Hygiene Bank has over 1200 drop-off points across the UK, 600 of them in Boots stores across the country. Click here and check if you have a drop off point nearby and donate your unused toiletries.
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Donate products to your local project

If you don’t have a drop off point nearby but wish to donate products to your nearest hygiene bank project, our local projects have wish lists of the products they need the most to distribute to people affected by hygiene poverty.

How we work

Our network of local projects is powered by volunteers, who collect donated hygiene products and distribute them to people in need via local community partners such as food banks, schools and shelters.

What is hygiene poverty

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Hygiene poverty is undermining the nation’s mental and physical health, blocking people’s opportunities and limiting their potential. It forces parents to make impossible choices; whether to pay the bills and put food on the table, or buy basic toiletries.