How menstrual cycle-aware is your workplace?

12 questions benchmarked against BS 30416, the British Standard for menstrual health at work, with instant results and your two biggest quick wins.

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For workplaces

Menstrual health is a business issue.

Half of your workforce experiences a cycle. It shapes energy, absence, retention and performance, whether you address it or not. Nadi gives leaders and teams the language, tools and policies to do it well.

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Megan presenting a Nadi workplace session

The numbers

Quietly expensive. Easily changed.

9 days

Menstrual symptoms cause around nine days of lost productivity per person each year, mostly through presenteeism (working while unwell), not absence.

BMJ Open, 2019

23 %

Almost a quarter of working women have considered quitting their job because of menstrual or menopausal symptoms.

Simplyhealth & CIPD, 2023

Only 12 %

Just 12% of organisations offer any support for menstruation or menstrual health at work.

CIPD, 2023

£11 bn

Work absence from heavy or painful periods, endometriosis, fibroids and ovarian cysts costs the UK economy nearly £11 billion a year.

NHS Confederation, 2024

How we help

Three ways we work with your team.

1

Awareness session

Single 60–90 min interactive session

  • Live session: the four cycle phases & their workplace implications
  • Participant take-away guide
  • Post-session feedback summary for the commissioning team

Best for: Lunch-and-learns, Women’s Network events, wellbeing weeks, first-time exposure to the topic.

2

3-month programme

Three sessions over 12 weeks, plus structured feedback

  • Three sessions: kick-off awareness, mid-point integration, closing reflection
  • Anonymous feedback survey designed & distributed to women between sessions
  • Manager briefing notes & team-level communication framework
  • End-of-programme impact summary report with qualitative & quantitative findings

Best for: Teams moving from awareness to lived practice; orgs piloting cycle-aware ways of working before wider rollout.

3

Full workplace audit

8–12 week engagement: audit, awareness, recommendations

  • Reviewed and benchmarked against BS 30416:2023
  • Facilities & existing support audit: office provision, environment, signage, menstrual policy
  • Confidential 1:1 conversations with women across the organisation
  • Two awareness sessions for the wider workforce
  • Internal communications draft to support rollout
  • Written recommendations report with prioritised next steps

Best for: Organisations serious about lasting cultural and structural change.

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