TWO campaigners have visited 10 Downing Street following an invite from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Suzanne Hunnable-Letch and Carolina Skoog received an invitation to Downing Street for their work on Grow with the Flow, which aims to help young women in the Halstead area openly talk about menstrual health.

Grow with the Flow is the first project of its kind in the UK and has been created by  residents as part of the All In programme, which has been created and funded by Eastlight Community Homes.

Suzanne is a member of the Halstead team while Carolina is part of the team which launched All In.

The Downing Street reception was held to mark International Women’s Day

Carolina said: "We spoke about Grow with the Flow to women of all ages, and the consistent reaction was 'I wish I had that now'.

“People could relate it to their own experiences growing up, and see the real need for it, no matter when that was.”

Suzanna added: “My highlight of the afternoon was meeting Professor Dame Lesley Regan, who is the UK’s Women’s Health Ambassador.

“She was amazing and said, ‘Let’s do some work together.’

“We’re now hoping to take some young women from Halstead’s schools to have a round-table discussion around menstrual health – that would be really exciting.”