Huddersfield Daily Examiner

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money for them.

“We want to be inclusive. Feminism isn’t all about feminist campaigns – mental health affects men and women and we want to help anyone spread the word.”

The society has been working with the men’s sports teams at the university by organising a naked calendar to raise money for the men’s mental health charity Andy’s Man’s Club.

The team from Andy’s Man’s Club meet in the Union Gap at 7pm on Monday nights and they run a support group for local men dealing with mental health issues.

Lucy, a final year Product Design student, added: “The sports teams really embraced the idea, it was fun for them.

“It also helped spread the word about the group and mental health.

“Their slogan is #itsoktotal­k and they do amazing work providing those who don’t normally have access to mental health resources with the help they need.”

The calendar is on sale at the Huddersfie­ld University Students Union Shop, based at Student Central on the main campus, costing just £5.

The society is further spreading the word of mental health and promoting hotlines for people to call if they’re victims of domestic violence.

They launched a sticker campaign and are working with town centre venues including Rhubarb, the Parish, Revolution and Rat and Ratchet.

In January they’re launching a tampon drive to raise awareness of period poverty. The Feminist Society at the university is working with the men’s sports teams for a charity calendar for Andy’s Man’s Club NATIONAL Lottery income for good causes fell by 15% over the year to April as players turned away from draw-based games to scratchcar­ds, a report from the Government’s spending watchdog shows.

The National Audit Office (NAO) report shows income fell to £1.63 billion at the same time as three of the six largest Lottery distributo­rs increased their grant commitment­s by a total of £88 million.

The drop came as Lottery sales fell by 9% to £6.93 billion compared with the previous year.

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