Heathrow Community Trust

Funding for communities surrounding Heathrow Airport

Applications for Heathrow Community Grants open from 2nd January 2026. You can view our live grants on our Community Grants webpage.

Heathrow Community Trust is an independent grant making charity since 1996, which receives funding from Heathrow Airport Limited, noise fines levied on airlines and other airport companies, as well funds raised by Heathrow based staff.

The Trust provides grants to local communities in the 9 boroughs around Heathrow Airport: Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond, Runnymede, Slough, Spelthorne, South Bucks and Windsor & Maidenhead. The application process is open to local charities, community groups, social enterprises, authorities, schools, and not for profit companies.

Heathrow Community Trust are supported by a team at Groundwork South who administer applications and projects and support the funder and applicants.

There are 4 grant programmes available to local communities, which are:

Communities Together Small programme – provides grants of up to £5,000 for projects costing no more than £20,000 per year.

This programme has 4 distinct themes:

  • S1 Protecting and enhancing our local environment.
  • S2 Bringing communities together and increasing community cohesion.
  • S3 Improving quality of life through increasing social inclusion.
  • S4 Improving community facilities for all.

Communities Together Large programme – provides grants of up to £15,000 for projects costing no more than £60,000 per year.

This programme has one theme:

  • A1 Bringing communities together – Projects must demonstrate how they bring together members of the community who would not normally mix, or how they reach particularly isolated or disadvantaged community members. This programme is focused on organisations working with adults 25+.

Environment & Sustainability programme – provides grants of up to £15,000 for projects costing no more than £60,000 per year.

This programme has three distinct themes:

  • T1 Supporting the community by supporting sustainable development.
  • T2 Protecting and enhancing our natural environment.
  • T3 Promoting Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Projects for Young People programme – provides grants of up to £15,000 for projects costing no more than £60,000 per year.

This programme has three distinct themes:

  • Y1 Supporting the local community by creating opportunities for young people up to age 24 to make a positive change to their behaviour about their future (e.g. raised aspirations, improved attitude to learning, increased knowledge of progression opportunities)
  • Y2 Supporting the local community by creating opportunities for young people up to age 24 to break down barriers to employment through skills development.
  • Y3 Supporting the local community by creating opportunities for young people up to age 24 to improve their quality of life (e.g. increased resilience, improved mental health).

For more detailed information, please see the Heathrow Community Trust website: https://www.heathrowcommunitytrust.org/about-the-fund

If you have any questions, please email: hct@groundwork.org.uk Tel: 01895 8399166.

Heathrow Community Trust is an independent grant-making charity (registered charity number 1183004) whose main funding partner is Heathrow Airport Limited. Groundwork South manages the programme and administers the grants on behalf of the Heathrow Community Trust.