LEAH receives £10,000 funding from Heathrow Community Trust

We are delighted to have been awarded a grant of £10,000 under Heathrow Community Trust’s Communities Together grant programme which we will use over the next two years to support our learners living in Hounslow.

Learners will be able to access our weekly community English class at the Heston Royal British Legion, and will also have the opportunity to take part in trips and guided walks to local places of interest such as Kew Gardens, Bushy Park, Boston Manor House and Hampton Court.

Learners will be supported to interact with others, make friends, practice their English, and feel part of their community, and will benefit from improved wellbeing, a better ability to access health services, and improved access to opportunities for progression, including into further education, volunteering and employment.

Savannah Smith, our ESOL and Activities Coordinator, said of the grant, “This is a monumental stepping stone that will help us bridge the gap in social integration for our students.”

Heathrow Community Trust is an independent grant-making charity. Set up in 1996 by Heathrow Airport’s then owners BAA, Heathrow Community Trust’s mission is to enable communities to thrive, by having a positive impact on the lives of people in the communities surrounding Heathrow Airport. In the past three years it has awarded more than £1.1 million through its grant programmes, funding projects which empower young people, protect the environment and enable active local communities. Funds come from an annual donation from Heathrow Airport, fines imposed on aircraft that breach noise limits, Team Heathrow donations, passenger donations and Heathrow colleagues who raise funds for the Trusts.

More information about the fund and how to apply for grants is available on the website www.heathrowcommunitytrust.org