Community Champions
We have established a network of Community Champions right across our business, encouraging members of our teams to get involved in volunteering in local projects to enhance their personal development and provide real, sustainable benefits to our neighbouring communities.
Read on to discover a selection of our recent community projects:
Reading Mentoring
Benchill and Haveley Hey Primary Schools benefit from weekly visits by Manchester Airport staff who act as reading ‘mentors’ to pupils. The benefits are genuinely two-way; as the children’s reading skills improve, our colleagues have developed their own coaching and mentoring skills.
Attendance Programmes
Working with 12 local schools in Wythenshawe, Cheshire and Stockport, we have established a new programme aimed at boosting and sustaining attendance at school. The scheme rewards excellent attendance with badges and certificates and other incentives, culminating in a special celebration event at the airport in July. Acting as powerful role models, Manchester Airport staff present the badges and certificates in person, helping establish behavioural patterns that we hope will continue in later life.
Mock Interviews
Attending an interview is a challenging experience – and a vital skill. We support local schools with mock interviews for young people aimed at simulating ‘real world’ situations, enabling students to become familiar with the interview process, and boosting our own interviewing skills.
The Peele
We proudly support The Peele elderly persons home in nearby Wythenshawe, donating items for raffles and fairs to help raise money for an activities programme. To help residents get online, our Information Services department has provided a computer, printer and training. Meanwhile, other departments have worked to fulfil residents’ ambitions, with visits to Concorde and other aircraft at our Viewing Park.
Recycling and Disposal
We take our environmental obligations seriously. Items of office furniture and IT equipment that are still serviceable but no longer needed by us or our service partners are regularly donated to the community for use by local charities.
Find out more about our environmental commitments
If you have a project in mind that may be of interest to our Community Champions please contact;
Wendy Sinfield at Manchester Airport
Email: wendy.sinfield@manairport.co.uk
Tel: 08000 967 967