Could you be Heathrow Community Trust’s new grant panel member or trustee

Heathrow Community Trust are seeking local people with a passion for their community to join our grant review panels. The panels are very important in enabling HCT to support the communities around Heathrow, ensuring our funds have the best possible impact for local people.

Grant Review Panels
HCT have three grant streams with panels made up of community expert and advocates, Heathrow employees and HCT trustees. These panels meet up to 4 times per year, reviewing applications and makes recommendations to the board of trustees to award funding.  Our three main grant streams are:

• Projects for Young People – funding projects working with young people aged up to 24 years, which improve young peopleÂ’s lives by increasing their resilience, raising their aspirations and breaking barriers to employment.
• Environment and Sustainability – funding projects which improve the environment for the community, providing community green spaces or raising awareness of environmental issues, or improving the sustainability of community buildings.
• Communities Together – funding projects which bring people together, improve inclusion into the community and find ways to care for nature and the environment in the area.

Being a member of grant review panel is a great way to find out about community projects across the 9 boroughs we fund (Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond, Runnymede, Slough, Spelthorne, South Bucks, and Windsor & Maidenhead) and to understand more about the process of grant giving.

Trustees
Our board is diverse and includes community leaders, Heathrow employees and charity professionals. Each trustee brings personal and professional expertise to their role and all trustees are motivated to support communities surrounding the airport. We are looking for two enthusiastic people with an interest in the future of the communities surrounding Heathrow Airport to take on the important role of Trustee to Heathrow Community Trust. We are particularly seeking to recruit a trustee with legal expertise and a trustee with marketing and communications experience.

How to Apply
Further details of each role are in the role descriptions below:

Grant Review Panel Role description – Projects for Young People Grants

Grant Review Panel Role description – Environment & Sustainability Grants

Grant Review Panel Role description – Communities Together Grants

Help us reach new heights with Heathrow Community Trust Role: Trustee

Please do share these roles with anyone in your network who may be interested in applying. If you have any questions or would like an informal conversation about any of the roles, please email me at ceo@hcommunitytrust.org.uk.

To apply, please send a CV & covering letter to ceo@hcommunitytrust.org.uk, stating which role you are applying for, explaining why you would like to apply for the role and how you meet the areas set out in the role description.

The closing date for grant review panel member applications is Monday 31 October at 12pm. The closing date for trustee applications is Monday 14 November at 12pm. Interviews will be held in November and December, with successful applicants asked to provide two references.