Diageo has announced the opening of the Raising the Bar Helpline, a dedicated freephone support phoneline for pub owners, their staff and their immediate families affected by the COVID 19 crisis. The service is available as of 6th November and is being financed as part of the €14m Raising the Bar fund established by Guinness this summer. The helpline will be staffed by a team of counsellors, as well as finance experts, in Ireland, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm. To ensure that calls continue to be answered, even out of hours, there are counsellors available to take calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, ensuring that contact can be made at any time and any relevant follow up scheduled. All contact details for the helpline are available now on www.MyDiageo.com.
The Raising the Bar Helpline aims to provide support to callers who are struggling as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic by providing emotional counselling and information regarding financial supports available to them. The financial impact of COVID 19 pub closures has been hugely significant, with one third of pubs in Dublin having been closed continuously for the last 8 months and 50% of pubs throughout Ireland allowed to open for only 3 out of the last 35 weeks after enduring at least four delays to reopening over the course of the summer, under the most severe hospitality lockdown in Europe. Comments are closed.
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