The large grants awards are funded in a unique way by money collected from Heathrow’s airlines that breach the Government’s noise limits on departure.  Airlines are fined £500 for breaches of 3 decibels or less and £1,000 for over 3 decibels (for more information visit www.heathrowairport.com/noise). 

The awards are designed to help groups across the Heathrow area to fund projects to support their community and improve their local environment with awards of over £2,500 and up to £50,000.  The awards are made up to three times a year.

Please note that there is only limited funding in each round and submitting an application does not guarantee success. There are many eligible projects taking place in the funding area and it is not possible for Heathrow to offer support to them all. It it therefore up to the discretion of the judges to decide which projects to support.

See successful applicants from round 1.

Before you apply please read the following information:

Welcome letter (120KB PDF)
Awards criteria (135KB PDF)

Once you’re ready to apply, the first stage is to fill in an Expression of Interest form. The guidance notes will help you do this.

Expression of Interest application form (.doc)
Expression of Interest guidance form (125KB PDF)

Other useful information: 

How to create a constitution (141KB PDF)
Grant terms and conditions (217KB PDF)

If you are invited to make a final application and are unsuccessful, you will not be able to reapply for the same project for 12 months. However you will be able to submit an expression of interest for a different project (within the same organisation). If you are invited to make a final application and are successful, you will only be able to submit an expression of interest for another project where the total grant you hold is less than £50,000. The total grant held by your organisation within a 12 month period must not exceed £50,000.

Applicants with an unsuccessful expression of interest are welcome to reapply at any time.

The awards are delivered in partnership with Groundwork Thames Valley. If you have any questions about the awards please contact either:

tv@groundwork.org.uk or 01895 832662
or
heathrowcommunityrelations@baa.com or 020 8745 5791