Greene King to launch Covid-19 emergency funds for staff
The new Team Member Support Fund follows the first fund which ran from March to June last year, in which the pub group donated £650,000 in grants for team members to access essential food and retail vouchers.
Greene King has announced it will be launching its second Covid-19 emergency support fund to help its team members during the third lockdown.
The new Team Member Support Fund follows the first fund which ran from March to June last year, in which the pub group donated £650,000 in grants for team members to access essential food and retail vouchers.
The fund will again be managed independently by Licensed Trade Charity, which has been supporting workers from pubs, bars and breweries with practical advice, emotional support and financial grants since 1793.
Nick Mackenzie, CEO at Greene King, said: “It’s a really tough start to 2021, back into lockdown and all of our pubs closed. Most of our team members are furloughed, and we know how severely this is affecting some of our people financially, so we wanted to bring back the Team Member Support Fund to help the members of our team who need it most at this really difficult time.
“Our industry has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, and when we have been able to open our pubs, our brilliant team members have eagerly welcomed our customers back, safely. But right now, they need our help.”
He added: “One of our key objectives since the start of the Covid crisis is to, as far as possible, protect our employees and leased and tenanted partners from the worst impact of the crisis.”
