London Gatwick Appeals For Sussex Charities To Apply For Funding

Friday, 1 November 2024 10:51

By Dominic Kureen @WriteOnDom

Local charities and support organisations in Sussex are urged to apply for funding from the Gatwick Airport Community Trust which is now open again for applications.

Around £250,000 will be made available to worthy causes across West and East Sussex, parts of Surrey and Kent.

The deadline for community groups to apply to the Trust, which has been running for more than 20 years, is 31 March 2025.

Last year The Gatwick Airport Community Trust, which is funded exclusively by London Gatwick, provided much-needed support for more than 100 charities and groups across the region.

Funding available to community groups will be linked to passenger numbers during 2024 and the final amount available will be confirmed in 2025.

Melanie Wrightson, stakeholder engagement manager at London Gatwick, said:

“We’re looking forward to supporting local groups and charities again as we open our annual appeal for good causes throughout Sussex, Surrey and Kent to apply for funding from the Gatwick Airport Community Trust.

“Since the Trust was established more than two decades ago it has been helping local groups to provide important services and we can’t wait to help more community groups next year too.”

One of the previous recipients was Haywards Heath RFC which benefitted from £5,000 towards the cost of installing a new community kitchen within the new clubhouse it is building at Whitemans Green.

Phil Herbert, Commercial Director at Haywards Heath RFC, said:

“The funds have been used to purchase specific items of kitchen equipment and have helped us achieve our ambition of fitting out the new building in a way that complements an amazing new state of the art sports and community facility, that is going to be very busy seven days a week.

“We would encourage other organisations to apply for Gatwick Airport Community Trust funding since all contributions to community projects are very welcome.”

Another previous recipient was East Park Riding for the Disabled Group, which runs groups in Crawley, received £3,500 which it put towards buying a larger horse for its riders.