About Us

Cloth menstrual sanitary pads, pants liners, incontinence pads.
 
You can contact us on +614 08 517796, email: info@rad-pads.com
 
You can view our video demonstrations of products  at :
 
We are a woman to woman business and enjoy hearing from you so please feel free to email or phone us at the above number or email.  
 
Purchasing other than the shopping cart - Many of our customers like to speak to us about their needs and we like to make sure you have what is appropriate with your purchase, so please let us know if you have any questions. 
 
If you wish to purchase directly by phone or mail order please let us know.  You also make a direct deposit into the Rad-Pads account if that is more suitable to you:  just email us and we will supply the details.  
 
The philosophy of the owner of Rad-Pads sanitary menstrual and incontinence products is that we should do as much as we can to leave the earth in a better state than we found it.
We also believe that individuals and communities have the right to pursue the freedom to live in a safe, peaceful and non-toxic environment.
 
To this end we have been involved in outreach programs which empower women in their communities (see 'Aid Program' below).

Rad-Pads cloth menstrual and incontinence pads and our other women's health products seeks to support and conduct business with individuals, communities and organisations who actively seek to promote these principles.

Rad-Pads seeks to use non-toxic, biodegradable environmentally friendly cloth menstrual and sanitary pads, products and packaging as well as sustainable work practices where ever possible.

Rad-Pads responds to our customers feedback where ever possible and as a result we also now support women's needs with urinary concerns with our pads which double as cloth re-usable incontinence pads which are suitable for light to moderate urinary concerns as well as cloth re-usable Pants Liners pads.  These have become very sought after as the word spreads.

In addition, we now also stock the fabulous and very popular silicon menstrual cups.

History
  Rad-Pads cloth menstrual pads was first established in 1993 out of a concern for women’s health, economy and the environment.

Wendy Dumaresq took over the running of Rad-pads in 2005.  Rad-Pads has benefited from much innovative product development and promotion by previous owner Jane Bennett.

It is through the great work of Jane and the founding owner Rachael Gregg that Rad-Pads has developed a strong reputation for quality, comfort, reliability and economy.

Focus
  Wendy’s primary focus with Rad-Pads cloth menstrual pads and in her natural medicine clinic ‘Wise Women’s Wellbeing’ is: better health for this generation and generations to come’.  This is inclusive of considerable concern about the effects of environmental toxins and ‘vandalism’, such as unnecessary waste in landfill both on our health and on the health of our planet.
The Team
  The Rad-Pads  production team, Lu Savino (Cutter),  Jenny Hawkins (office, packing, sewing and co-ordination), Wendt Dumaresq, Director Natural Woman Network and Rad-pads, “GreenGraphics” (artworks/graphics) put a great deal of care into the production of Rad-Pads and related activities and enjoy your great feed-back about our products.

The Wise Women’s Herbal Tea Blends are co-ordinated and packed by Ella Mahony with graphic design work of the blends by Toni Lumsden of “Quintessential Graphic Design”.

Thanks also to Anthony of "Fastweb" for webdesign, help and his patience!

Not forgetting the team of Natural Woman Network Facilitators as well as our retail partners.

Earth Care
  Rad-Pads cloth menstrual pads contributes to the health of the earth and our collective health by contributing to  non-toxic solutions to the global problem of ever increasing amounts of toxic and/or unnecessary landfill.
The team at Rad-Pads urges you to choose your consumer products carefully with the aim of promoting re-cycling/re-use of materials whenever possible to help our individual health and the future of our planet.
 
AID PROGRAM - below are some examples of events or programs we have been involved in.  There are more planned for the future.

Through Mahboba's Promise (registered charity).  Create a gift that lasts! 

Near the end of 2006, Rad-Pads, in conjunction with Jane Bennett of "Natural Fertility Management" (enquiries@fertility.com.au) and Alexandra Pope (author The Wild Genie, co-author "The Pill - are you sure it's for you?"  donated a good size box full of Rad-Pads products to some disadvantaged women in Kabul, Afghanistan.  After learning of Mahboba's story (see her book Mahboba's Promise or go to website www.mahbobaspromise.org we felt inspired to make a contribution through Mahboba's Promise and were able to ship the Rad-Pads directly to Kabul. 

Many of the women in Kabul who have been left without an income and even at times without a home have had to use old rags at best for menstruation and there are  reportedly considerable problems with pelvic infections due to lack of availability of good quality menstrual cloths and the hygeine education to go with it. 

The shipment finally reached it's destination this month and the Rad-Pads were received extremely well by the women. 

We are now having discussions with Mahboba's Promise which is a registered charity to work together to help set up a workshop for the women who are involved in Kabul to make and sell their own Rad-Pads.  This way the women are able to benefit directly from the pads by having lasting menstrual pads, employment opportunities and their dignitiy restored to some extent.  It is going to take alot of work and as much money, so if you are interested in being a part of this initiative, any donations can be made directly to Mahboba's Promise for this project which we are calling "CLOTH PAD PROJECT" .

Mahboba's Promise has now commenced their "Gifts That Give' program, whereby donations can be made to a specific area.  Please see their website www.mahbobaspromise.org. or phone (02) 9887 1665. 

 If you are wishing to donate to the Cloth Pad Project please place a note with your donation to have the donation earmarked for the Cloth Pad Project.

February 2009 -  Wendy Dumaresq, owner of Rad-Pads and Natural Woman Network has made a personal donation to get the ball rolling on the project, and her donation will be to finance a sewing machine to start practicalities of the project.

OTESHA Project 

This great community organisation run for and by young people focusses on sustainable living and social justice issues in a novel way - through adventurous programs such as one about to get underway

'Cycling For Sustainability" - cycles tours -  Brisbane - Newcastle, 15 -November to 22nd December, and Melbourne regional loop tour (no, not the City loop!) - 18th January  to 1st March 2009.  See Otesha website for current activities. 

Contact the website www.otesha.org.au/biketours/apply for more information. 

Christian Brothers Victorian Young Adult Community (Melbourne)  - Sudanese community.

NFM Kits and Rad-Pads have just sent a donation of  Rad-Pads to a number of Sudanese women in this Melbourne community.  We are very pleased to have the assistance of a young woman from Ballarat, Amelia Tobias who works in a voluntary capacity in this community.  Amelia has volunteered to teach the women how to use the Rad-Pads and help determine their needs.  It is anticipated that if the women like using the Rad-Pads, the community will apply for funding to procure enough Rad-Pads at the lowest possible price for the use of all women and girls in the community who are interested in using cloth menstrual pads.

Thanks go to Amelia for her great work.  Amelia can be contacted on 0409 217 666 if there are any equiries to be made regarding the program.