Fenland distillery using surplus alcohol to make hand sanitiser for vulnerable

A small family run distillery in Cambridgeshire has started producing hand sanitiser using a surplus supply of its alcohol to help those who are struggling to get hold of any.

Anthony Winterbourne from Fen Spirits near Wisbech is offering the sanitiser for free after he was contacted by a lady who had a kidney transplant asking him to make her some because she couldn't get any.

After a bit of research he found that other distilleries abroad had been making it and so started production.

  • Watch a short interview with Anthony Winterbourne from Fen Spirits

Staff have been posting off supplies to people who need them for free. Credit: ITV News Anglia
Paula Summers from a children's nursery has been helped by Fen Spirits. Credit: ITV News Anglia