If you would like support regarding your experience of menopause or menstrual health at work, we would warmly encourage you to speak with your supervisor or menopause champions at the Centre. Their role is to provide a safe listening space, act as an advocate for employees affected by the menopause, raise awareness, and champion our workplace initiatives.

The Dudley Lodge Menopause Policy

This is available in the Employee Handbook in your HR Toolkit Document Library or you can Read the menopause policy here>

Foods to Nourish Your Body and Mind During Menopause  

32 foods to eat during menopause that will nourish your body and mind

Eat to ease the menopause

Read how nutrition and exercise can help your heart stay healthy through menopause>

Menopause Support and Articles

Managing Your Menopause in the Workplace	Menopause Symptom Tracker
A useful Library of Menopause articles, booklets, factsheets, podcasts and videos on a wide range of topics. Balance Menopause.com	Menopause and later life - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Menopause Factsheet: Giving you confidence for understanding & action	Menopause Café At a Menopause Café people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss menopause.
The Menopause Charity.org The Menopause Charity works to help everyone understand perimenopause and menopause so no one needlessly suffers.	Menopause Support.co.uk Menopause symptom checker, FAQ’s, podcasts, videos, guides and template letters.
Menopause Matters.co.uk Provides up-to-date, accurate information about the menopause, menopausal symptoms and treatment. You will find information on what happens leading up to, during and after the menopause, the consequences, what you can do to help and treatments.	NHS Menopause Information Overview, symptoms, things you can do, treatment and help and support.

Read personal experiences of menopause in the workplace>

Approximately 13 million women in the U.K are either peri- or post-menopausal. Symptoms can last up to 15 years. Over 70% of women experience symptoms. One in Four women will experience severe debilitating symptoms. 

Read more of the facts>

5 minute guide: Talking to your GP>

5 minute guide: Why menopause might be difficult for neurodivergent people>