We will continue to focus on supporting initiatives that make a positive difference to local communities under the following four strategies:

• Education and skills – build existing and future workforce through vocational training and skills programmes
• Environment – take specific action through local initiatives, including implementation of a sustainable education programme
• Use our influence to leverage funds and support for communities
• Inform and involve stakeholders to raise awareness of our impact on the communities in which we operate.

Specific projects will include:

• Continued dialogue with our local residents around the issue of future growth at the airport
• The second phase of the consultation on Heathrow Airtrack
• A second year of the BAA Heathrow Internship Programme, this year opening the programme to students who have taken part in BAA’s Fulcrum challenges in 2005 and 2006
• A BAA Fulcrum challenge to India in July 2008
• Introduction of BAA Community and Environment Awards
• Matched funding and project management support for the Crane Valley Partnership bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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