Support for charity
Charity of the year
In preparation for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games we’ve been working with Whizz-Kidz, a UK charity that provides disabled children and young people with vital mobility equipment and training.
Whizz-Kidz have been advising us on how to provide the best possible experience for the many Paralympians with restricted mobility who’ll be passing through Heathrow on their way to and from the Games. To recognise this close association, we’ve invited Whizz-Kidz to be Heathrow’s charity of the year for 2012-2013.
There are an estimated 70,000 disabled children and young people in the UK who could benefit from a wheelchair, and Whizz-Kidz hopes to help as many of them as possible. They work with communities and mobility centres across the UK to achieve their mission.
Our target is to raise £150,000 this year for Whizz-Kidz through staff fundraising activities and passenger collections. Email heathrowcommunityrelations@baa.com or call 020 8745 5791 to find out more about Heathrow’s charitable initiatives.
Community and Environment Awards
The Heathrow Community and Environment Awards are a source of support for schools, voluntary organisations, community groups and local authorities.
There are two types of schemes available: the small grants scheme, which awards grants of up to £2,500 six times per year, and the large grants scheme which awards grants over £2,500 and up to £50,000, up to three times a year.
Under each scheme, grants will be made to exciting local community projects focusing on five themes: ‘reduce, re-use, recycle’; ‘climate change and energy’; ‘protecting and enhancing our environment’; ‘bringing communities together’ and ‘developing skills’.
Please note: due to the number of applications received each round it is not possible for the Community and Environment Awards to support every eligible project. It is up to the discretion of the judges to determine which projects will be successful in receiving a grant and all decisions made by Heathrow and Groundwork are final and not open to discussion.
More information about the awards
Passenger collections
There are coin collectors situated around Heathrow’s terminals for donations of spare currency and this money also goes towards our Charity of the Year and to the BAA Heathrow Community and Environment Awards.
You may also see these other selected charities collecting money around the Heathrow terminals from time to time:
- Comic Relief: comicrelief.org
- Children in Need: bbc.co.uk/pudsey
- Poppy Appeal: poppy.org.uk
Matched funding
BAA Heathrow actively supports employees in their fundraising efforts. Financial support is made to employees engaged in their own charitable fundraising.
