An apparatus for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal, comprising: a fluid impermeable casing layer (450, 550) defining an opening (432, 532), an interior region, and a fluid outlet (420, 520); a fluid permeable support disposed within the interior region and having a first side facing the opening and a second side opposite the first side, the second side and the casing layer collectively defining a reservoir (410, 510) between the second side and the casing layer; a fluid permeable membrane (430, 530) disposed on the support (440, 540) between the opening (432, 532) and the first side of the support, the fluid permeable membrane and the casing layer collectively defining a cavity (452, 552), the permeable membrane being configured to wick fluid away from the urethral opening and/or the skin of the user such that dampness of the skin of the user is lessened; and a tube (422, 522) having a first end disposed in the reservoir and extending through the fluid outlet to a second, fluid discharge end; wherein the apparatus is configured to be disposed with a user's penis disposed through the opening (432, 532) with the urethral opening of the penis disposed within the cavity (452, 552), to receive urine discharged from the urethral opening through the membrane (430,530), the support (440, 540), and into the reservoir (410, 510), and to have the received urine withdrawn from the reservoir via the tube (422, 522) and out of the fluid discharge end of the tube; the apparatus being characterised by the permeable support maintaining the permeable membrane in a particular shape that allows urine to flow through the permeable membrane, through the permeable support and into the reservoir. a fluid impermeable casing layer (450, 550) defining an opening (432, 532), an interior region, and a fluid outlet (420, 520); a fluid permeable support disposed within the interior region and having a first side facing the opening and a second side opposite the first side, the second side and the casing layer collectively defining a reservoir (410, 510) between the second side and the casing layer; a fluid permeable membrane (430, 530) disposed on the support (440, 540) between the opening (432, 532) and the first side of the support, the fluid permeable membrane and the casing layer collectively defining a cavity (452, 552), the permeable membrane being configured to wick fluid away from the urethral opening and/or the skin of the user such that dampness of the skin of the user is lessened; and a tube (422, 522) having a first end disposed in the reservoir and extending through the fluid outlet to a second, fluid discharge end; wherein the apparatus is configured to be disposed with a user's penis disposed through the opening (432, 532) with the urethral opening of the penis disposed within the cavity (452, 552), to receive urine discharged from the urethral opening through the membrane (430,530), the support (440, 540), and into the reservoir (410, 510), and to have the received urine withdrawn from the reservoir via the tube (422, 522) and out of the fluid discharge end of the tube; the apparatus being characterised by the permeable support maintaining the permeable membrane in a particular shape that allows urine to flow through the permeable membrane, through the permeable support and into the reservoir.