The FlightPath Fund is today (Thursday 20 January) making more than £90,000 available to help support community groups, charities and sustainability-themed projects local to Glasgow Airport in 2022.
The Fund’s committee is once again urging neighbouring groups and organisations to submit applications and is also keen to support sustainability-themed projects aimed at improving the environment in the communities local to the airport.
An awards package of £72,000 is being made available in 2022 to projects and groups of all sizes based in each of the four local authorities supported by Glasgow Airport’s FlightPath Fund – Renfrewshire, Glasgow City’s Drumchapel area, East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire.
The community fund returned at the end of last year with a £70,000 awards total. Following a meeting of the FlightPath Fund Committee in November a total of just over £44,000 was awarded to 19 groups.
Awards included £1000 for protective kits for a children’s ice-hockey team, £4350 for 10 local primary schools from across the four areas to take part in an exciting STEM project and £3000 to create a community larder to distribute food and reduce unnecessary waste.
A further £7,700 was also awarded to ensure groups chosen from the local authority areas could take part in life-changing sailing educational programmes with the Ocean Youth Trust.
The remaining balance from 2021 has been carried forward to this year, which means the total award allocation for 2022 will be over £90,000. As always, the money generously donated by our passengers via the six FlightPath Fund collection globes based at the airport will also be added to the awards total.
Archie Hunter, Chair of the FlightPath Fund, said: “It was great to once again get the FlightPath Fund up and running towards the end of last year, and that in such a short space of time we were able to provide nearly £45,000 in vital support to such a diverse range of local groups.
“That Glasgow Airport is once again making funds available to help support neighbouring groups, clubs and organisations must be commended, particularly when you consider the huge challenges it and the wider aviation industry continues to face.
“Myself and my colleagues on the committee are keen to hear from as many local groups as possible this year, so we can continue to help provide support for those who need it most.”
Glasgow Airport’s Sustainability Assurance Manager Kirsty Webster will once again advise the FlightPath Fund’s committee this year to help identify award submissions that best demonstrate a positive environmental impact.
The first meeting of the FlightPath Fund Committee, which includes elected representatives from each of the four local authority areas, will take place on Friday 4 February.
To find out more about applying for funding support, visit: FlightPath Fund | Glasgow Airport and download the application form and our funding guidelines.