MENOPAUSE MATTERS

The studio resounds with quick-fire questions, shared anecdotes and loud laughter as some of our most popular TV presenters, actresses, sportswomen and entrepreneurs get to know each other on our exclusive HELLO! shoot.

While Penny Lancaster, 50, and Nadia Sawalha, 56, work together on Loose Women, actress Julie Graham, 56, former Olympian Michelle Griffith Robinson, 50, and makeup artist Ruby Hammer, 59, haven’t met before.

But they have one important thing in common: a desire to speak out about the menopause. It’s why they jumped at the chance to help us mark the launch of HELLO!’s Menopause Workplace Pledge campaign.

This month, in partnership with the health charity Wellbeing of Women, we are encouraging companies to support their employees who are going through the menopause.

And help is needed – it is estimated that 900,000 women in the UK have quit their jobs due to their struggles with menopausal symptoms.

“There’s a whole army of amazing women out there waiting to be utilised so I think any employer would ignore that army at their peril,” says Julie, who starring her actress friends Tamzin Outhwaite, Angela Griffin and Tracy-Ann Oberman.