Case Study: Macphie of Glenbervie Ltd
Macphie of Glenbervie's community initiatives are integral to the company's
corporate objectives, and as a result it is engaged at many levels throughout the
communities in which it operates, from local to national and industry-wide. The
company's most recent initiative is its 'Support, Security and Safety Community
Programme'.
Amongst the many activities Macphie has developed under the Programme, the
company:
- has developed a sustainable partnership with Home-Start of Kincardineshire, an
organisation which offers support and practical help to families which may at
times feel vulnerable. Home-Start supports parents of young children and a
number
of Macphie employees are now acting as volunteers.
- worked in partnership with Tayside Fire & Rescue to run a number of
campaigns to raise awareness of fire safety and prevention, using the high standards
of
safety in transferable skills and awareness to improve safety in the home.
- developed its Portlethen Primary Schools Challenges – involving five schools,
the schools take part in a number of challenges which lead them through
designing
a product, its design, costing, production, marketing and packaging, raising
awareness of the issues facing businesses in the food industry.
Silver Award Winner of 2007 Community Partnership Awards: Local Community
Category
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More Information
FDF has published a booklet called Working in the Community: the food industry in action
(pdf, 1.2Mb) . This publication features a range of company case studies and
Community
Partnership Award winners demonstrating how our members are forging
links
with
their local communities and consumers.
Last reviewed: 16 May 2008