It's Dalwhinnie Distillery's round with a healthy hand-out
Diageo employees in Dalwhinnie are distributing almost 2000 bottles of free hand sanitiser to those most in need in the community.
Working with local organisations, Diageo’s staff are delivering the sanitiser to emergency services, care homes, care in the community staff and volunteers helping the vulnerable in the strath.
Dalwhinnie Distillery manager Neil Murphy said: “It’s great to be able to give back and help protect the people in our community during this difficult time.
“We’re incredibly humbled by the tireless efforts of frontline workers across Scotland and are really proud to be able to make a difference and help boost the morale of key frontline workers in the area.”
More than 55,000 bottles of free hand sanitiser will be distributed to communities where the company has distilleries and operations, supporting local community-based care services across the country.
Areas set to benefit from the donation include communities in and around Diageo’s Distillery visitor centres as well as the rural areas where the company operates in the Highlands.
The 500ml bottles of hand sanitiser have been made to World Health Organisation formulation, with the liquid developed by a team at the company’s technical laboratories in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, and production and packaging undertaken by staff at the Leven packaging plant in Fife. These local deliveries are in addition to Diageo providing 500,000 litres of alcohol to be manufactured into hand sanitiser for the NHS across the UK.
Ewan Andrew, president of the firm’s global supply and procurement, said: “This initiative has very much been driven by our people at our sites across Scotland, who want to contribute locally in their communities, especially those who are in the frontline of this crisis.”
