The 13 schemes, supported by Heathrow Community Fund, range from a first aid training programme for young offenders, which will also seek to tackle the issues of violent crime, projects to support young people to gain first steps into work and a primary school garden allotment in which pupils will grow and sell vegetables from the school farm shop.
The money has been awarded in the second round of the charity’s Communities for Youth programme which has donated a total of more than £300,000 during 2013.
Heathrow Community Fund runs two further grant streams – Communities for Tomorrow for projects that help protect the environment or encourage sustainable development and eco-education and Communities Together, for a wider range of smaller community focussed projects. So far this year the total donated to local groups is more than £500,000.
The charity’s funds come from an annual donation from Heathrow Airport as well as fines imposed on aircraft that breach noise limits. It awards the youth grants in the boroughs of Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Slough and Spelthorne – and extends its environment and community programme to Richmond, Runnymede, South Bucks and Windsor and Maidenhead.
Said fund director Caroline Nicholls: “The aim of the fund is to help support and strengthen local communities close to the airport, whether it’s helping young people to build skills and raise their aspirations, helping protect the environment or supporting a very wide range of smaller community projects – many of our Trustees are from the local communities and help us make sure that our grants go to the projects which will really make a difference to local life”
More information about the fund is available at www.heathrow.com/communityfund
For more information about the role of trustee, email Caroline Nicholls at heathrowcommunityfund@heathrow.com
Borough | Project | Project Description | Grant Amount |
Ealing | Teens and Toddlers | Teenagers are trained to act as positive role models for nursery children | £12,672 |
Protégé DNA | A skills programme in Hounslow & Ealing in which young people will work with professional artists on design projects for local businesses such as leaflet creation, web design and shop front design. | £23,000* | |
Place 2 Be | Training volunteer counsellors who will work with vulnerable primary age children facing neglect, domestic violence and family breakdown | £25,000 | |
Fighting Chance | A Judo training programme for disadvantaged young people in Ealing, Hillingdon and Slough | £5,700* | |
BBA Media (Flying High) | A media and radio training programme run with Westside Radio for young people in Ealing and Hounslow | £12,350* | |
Cultivate London Ltd | A horticulture training scheme in Ealing and Hounslow | £10,000* | |
British Red Cross | First aid training scheme to build awareness of the consequences of violent crime among young offenders in Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow | £10,038* | |
Borough Total | £98,760 | ||
Egham | Thorpe Church of England Infant School | Outdoor classroom and wildlife area | £5,000 |
| Borough Total | £5,000 | |
Hillingdon | Fighting Chance | A Judo training programme for disadvantaged young people in Ealing, Hillingdon and Slough | £5,700* |
British Red Cross | First aid training scheme to build awareness of the consequences of violent crime among young offenders in Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow | £10,038* | |
| Borough Total | £15,738 | |
Hounslow | Spark | Introducing young people to the world of work, run with the support of local employers | £16,000 |
Sparrow Farm Infant and Nursery School | School allotment and wild orchard scheme. The produce will supply the school's farm shop. | £10,000 | |
Cedars Primary School | Outdoor learning centre | £10,000 | |
Protégé DNA | Skills programme in Hounslow & Ealing in which young people will work with professional artists on design projects for local businesses such as leaflet creation, web design and shop front design. | £23,000* | |
BBA Media (Flying High) | A media and radio training programme run with Westside Radio for young people in Ealing and Hounslow | £12,350* | |
Cultivate London Ltd | A horticulture training scheme in Ealing and Hounslow | £10,000* | |
British Red Cross | First aid training scheme to build awareness of the consequences of violent crime among young offenders in Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow | £10,038* | |
| Borough Total: | £91,388 | |
Slough | Fighting Chance | A Judo training programme for disadvantaged young people in Ealing, Hillingdon and Slough | £5,700* |
| Borough Total: | £5,700 | |
Spelthorne | Lifetrain Trust | Youth club activities | £5,000 |
| Borough Total: | £5,000 | |
West London | Royal Society for Blind People | A peer support group for the blind and partially sighted young people in West London | £25,000 |
Borough Total: | £25,000 |
* Amount given to project which includes other borough(s)
