Local schools have benefitted from a supermarket's scheme to donate hand sanitiser.

The Midcounties Co-operative has distributed more than 15,600 tubes of hand sanitiser to more than a hundred of its supermarkets which will be donated to some of those most in need in its local communities.

Each of the supermarket teams were given the choice on who they would like to donate the hand sanitisers to, whether it’s their regional community or charity partners, the volunteering groups that help with the Society’s home delivery service, and local schools.

St Michaels Primary School in Steventon, Bletchingdon Primary School in Kidlington, Kirtlington Church and Primary School and Bletchingdon Village Hall were three of the local schools which received donations in the Oxfordshire area.

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The hand sanitiser stock was kindly donated by the DCS Group Ltd who is a seller and distributor of health, beauty and household brands, based in Banbury, Oxford.

The supermarket group has helped its communities by funding more than £40k worth of childcare support for key workers, donating £5,000 worth of smartphones to help vulnerable people access support, and launching a £75,000 Community Restart Fund where charities and community groups could apply for emergency financial support.