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International
Beverage unveils major funding boost for
charities through Spirit of Our
Community Awards.
International Beverage has announced the
Scottish charities that will benefit
from its £25,000 Spirit of Our Community
Awards fund.
The Airdrie-based spirits producer
revealed today (Thursday 5th February)
the three main beneficiaries of this
year’s awards. A total of £20,000 will
be shared among the selected
organisations, chosen from a wide range
of applicants:
- St Andrew’s
Hospice in Airdrie, receiving
support for its child bereavement
services across Lanarkshire.
- Moray Rape
Crisis, which delivers vital
assistance to individuals affected
by sexual violence and abuse.
- Pulteneytown
People’s Project, a
community-focused centre serving
residents in Wick and the wider
Caithness region.
An additional
£5,000 will be distributed among seven
runners-up: Lanarkshire Cancer Care
Trust, Glenboig Development Trust, James
Support Group, Elgin Youth Development
Group, Wick Community Hub, Grampian
Society for the Blind and Dornoch Beach
Wheelchairs.
The Spirit of Our Community Awards,
introduced in 2022, were created to
acknowledge and support individuals and
groups making a positive impact in the
communities surrounding International
Beverage’s headquarters in Airdrie. In
2023, the initiative expanded to include
areas near the company’s five Scottish
distilleries, each with its own
dedicated awards fund.
The competition was open to charities
and not-for-profit organisations based
within three zones:
- Zone 1: the
ML5 and ML6 Airdrie and Coatbridge
area
- Zone 2: a
35-mile radius of Knockdhu
Distillery in Aberdeenshire, and
Speyburn and Balmenach Distilleries
in Speyside
- Zone 3: a
35-mile radius of Pulteney
Distillery in Wick and Balblair
Distillery in Tain
Awards organiser
and International Beverage Business
Support Manager Eileen Rae said: "We
received our biggest number of awards
entries to date this year and our judges
really had a difficult task when it came
to selecting our top recipients. The
standard of entries was extremely high
as so many deserving charities applied
with a host of community initiatives
that really touched our hearts.
"We are delighted to announce our 2025
winners and runners up and look forward
to hearing more on how their projects
develop over the months ahead."
This initiative represents the company’s
most significant charitable investment
so far.
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