Charity Of The Year

LONDON LUTON AIRPORT PLEDGES YEAR OF SUPPORT

London Luton Airport has announced it will be supporting the East Anglian Air Ambulance as its chosen charity for 2008. The campaign will be launched with an initial donation of £10,000 which the Airport's Charity Committee hopes to multiply by developing further fundraising opportunities involving its employees, business partners and passengers.

The air ambulances operated by the East Anglian Air Ambulance provide cover 365 days a year across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk; an area covering approximately 11% of the total area of England.

The East Anglian region, considered the most rural area in England with accidents sometimes occurring in remote locations not easily accessible by road, needs the air ambulance service more than ever. With the region also featuring major road networks such as the A14 and sections of the A1 and M1 it's not surprising that attending road traffic accidents already makes up more than 50% of its work.

When treating victims of trauma or medical emergencies, the chance of them making a full recovery is greatly increased if they receive definitive medical care within the first hour, known as the 'Golden Hour'. Equipped with the latest medical equipment and with a top speed of 155 miles per hour, the air ambulance can reach the scene of emergencies quickly, enabling its life saving crew to attend to patients and stabilise them ready for transport to hospital by land - or by air if necessary.

The East Anglian Air Ambulance is the third busiest air ambulance charity in the UK, flying an average of 3 missions per day. Simon Earles, London Luton Airport's General Manager: Planning & Corporate Social Responsibility said "The air ambulance provides a vital emergency service for our region so we are delighted to assist with the fundraising effort and, through our Charity Committee, raise awareness to get the whole Airport involved".

Simon Gray, Executive Director of the East Anglian Air Ambulance, commented: "This is a fantastic offer of support from London Luton Airport and we are absolutely delighted that the Charity Committee has decided to support our work this year. We look forward to working with them closely during 2008.

Together, we'll make a real difference to the outcomes of some of those in our region unfortunate enough to suffer an accident or medical emergency this year."

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For more information, please contact:
London Luton Airport Press Office 07714 728035

 
The East Anglian Air Ambulance runs two fully medically equipped helicopters - code-named Anglia One and Anglia Two - serving the people of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, providing a life-saving resource and, if required, transporting them to hospital within minutes.

 

 

 THE FACTS

• Receives NO Government or National Lottery funding.
• 76.8% of all money raised by the charity is spent on helicopter operations and medical equipment.
• £2.4m just to keep two helicopters flying, rises to £3m with the purchase of suits, helmets, helipads, fundraising and administration costs, this equates to approximately £1 per person, per year.
• Anglia One and Two cruise at 150 mph, reaching patients quickly and delivering high-level clinical care in the field.
• Both helicopters are equipped with a special stretcher, defibrillator/multi-oxygen in the blood, twelve lead ECG and Respiratory ventilator.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

• Organise an event.
• Donate your tax refund. (our Charity's unique code is WAN99RG).
• One-off or regular donations or pledges.
• Remember The East Anglian Air Ambulance in your Will.
• For an application form to join The East Anglian Air Ambulance Lottery, Gift Aid, Give as you Earn or to simply offer your help as a volunteer, please telephone 08450 669 999.
• To keep the essential facility of the Air Ambulance flying in the East Anglian and Bedfordshire region, support of generous sponsorship and fund-raising is essential.

CONTACT DETAILS

Charity 08450 669 999
Lottery 01603 489400
Facsimile 01603 269322
Website www.eaaa.org.uk
Email info@eaaa.org.uk

Head Office Address
Hangar D
Gambling Close
Norfolk
NR6 6EG

Registered Charity No. 1083876

WE NEED YOU TODAY, YOU MAY NEED US TOMORROW

 

 

 

 

Gateway Gallery

The Gateway Gallery has been delivered in partnership with the Luton Cultural Service Trust, with a view to creating exposure for local artists within the Airport arrivals area, as well as giving airport passengers greater access to local artistic talent.

 

Simon Earles London Luton Airport's General Manager: Planning & Corporate Social Responsibility said 'We are delighted to give local artists the opportunity to display their work in the Airport, not only does it provide great exposure for the artist, it enhances the passenger experience. The Gateway Gallery is one of many projects we hope to support during 2008'.

 

Paul Francis is the latest artist to exhibit at the Gateway Gallery and, like his predecessors to exhibit, is also a member of the Artists Network Bedfordshire.

Paul, who lives in Ampthill, said "I was born in Luton and lived about 10 mins from the Airport. We used to come up here a lot when we were kids to watch the planes. When we were older we used to cruise through in our cars. The airport was small then and things have changed a lot. I’m not keen on describing my paintings in detail – they are whatever you think they are. What I will say is many of them, like the airport and any dynamic environment, reflect constant change and renewal". Paul paints mainly in acrylics on large canvases that aim to dominate rather than blend into the background and will be exhibiting at London Luton Airport until mid September 2008

 

Jill, Taylor, who is a member of the Artists Network Bedfordshire, was the second artist to exhibit at the London Luton Airport Gateway Gallery. For the last 14 years she has been a practicing artist both in the Netherlands and the UK, and now works and lives in Ampthill. Her unique London Luton Airport exhibition was called ‘Bits and Bobs’ focused on bold colours, symbols and mixed media, employing a rough feel to the paintings.

 

Janis Coles, who is a member of the Artists Network Bedfordshire, was the first artist to exhibit in the Gateway Gallery. Her exhibition work consists of photographs of flowers and plants. She likes to explore effects of light, which in nature are often transient or overlooked. These are either captured in natural light by waiting for the correct lighting conditions or she replicates these in a studio, often finding more detail using macro photography and unusual perspectives.

 

To view Local-News.tv's report of the Gateway Gallery opening please visit our video library section.
 

 

Pride in Luton Awards

London Luton Airport is proud sponsor of the ‘Community Project of the Year’ award at the 2008 Pride in Luton Awards. The prestigious awards ceremony aims to salute the outstanding individuals and organisations working so hard to make Luton a special place.

 

To view a Local News TV report about the 2008 Pride in Luton awards please visit the Video Library section.

Flying for Success

London Luton Airport has launched the Flying for Success (F4S) project in partnership with Luton Borough Council. F4S involves inviting groups of local primary school children to undertake educational visits to London Luton Airport. These educational visits allow the children to gain and develop essential numeracy and literature skills in an environment that is stimulating and exciting and therefore conducive to learning.

Someries and Wigmore Junior schools were first to be invited to the Airport and enjoyed four weeks of unique educational tours that were themed on Airport Security, Airport Terminal, Airport Fire Service & Airport Ecology.

To view Local-News.tv's report about the F4S project please visit our video library section

Local News TV

London Luton Airport has formed a partnership with community venture Local News TV (LNTV), with a view to promoting community activities and cohesion in the local area.

 

Local News TV are making short films of all the London Luton Airport community projects throughout 2008. To view the Local-news.tv reports, please visit our video library.

Click here to visit www.local-news.tv 

Community Football Tournament

London Luton Airport hosted its annual Community Football Tournament event at Luton Town Football Club (Kenilworth Road Stadium) on Sunday 18th May. The successful event included an adult football competition, an under 9s inter-schools tournament, face painting, Carnival dance display, penalty competition, buffet/refreshments and awards presentation.
 

The adult competition was won by Goldington FC with London Luton Airport's own team taking the runner-up spot. The under 9s Community Tournament winner was Pirton Hill Primary School with Bramingham Primary School coming runner-up.
 

The 2008 Community Football Tournament was huge success and it was recognised that the aim to ‘bring the business, airport and wider community together through sport’ was achieved.
 

Luton International Carnival

May 26th 2008 saw London Luton Airport participate in the Luton International Carnival for the first time. Airport staff worked in partnership with UK Carnival Arts Centre and St Matthew's School to design and produce the Airport float and costumes.

 

On the day itself, a typical British Bank Holiday downpour failed to dampen the festival spirit as employees from across the Airport, together with the pupils and teachers from St Matthew’s Primary School in Luton, joined the parade of more than 70 floats in the UK’s biggest one day international spectacle.

 

Adopting the theme of “Destinations”, 30 school pupils dressed in brightly coloured outfits danced with three Airport staff members sporting exotic carnival costumes depicting the Eiffel Tower, a mountain scene and a beach scene highlighting just some of the 80 plus business and leisure destinations across 3 continents accessible from London Luton Airport. 

 

On June 6th, London Luton Airport was awarded "Best Newcomer" in a ceremony at The Hat Factory in Luton.

 

Visit our Video Library Section to view news reports on the preparations for the Carnival and the big day itself.
 

B:Fest

London Luton Airport is proud to sponsor B:Fest a new Arts Festival for Luton showcasing the artistic talent that is already thriving in the town.

The Festival is an opportunity for all sorts of artists to demonstrate their creativity - be it established and published poetsor up and coming new artists from the University of Bedfordshire's Media, Art and Design students.

In addition to sponsoring B:Fest, London Luton supported B:Fest by hosting a Hip Hop Dance display to mark the official press launch on the 19th May. The Airport also hosted two very unique B:Fest events in June including an animation display event and a poetry reading event.

To find out more about B:Fest visit www.lutonartsfestival.org or view the pdf at the foot of this page.

 

Urban Games 2008

 

London Luton Airport was proud to be the main sponsor for the Team Beds and Luton Urban Games in Bedford Park on 18th May. 

 

The event was the first of its kind and promoted activities such as Ultimate Frisbee, 3 on 3 Street Ball, a Mountain Bike Time Trial and was an excellent opportunity for 13-18 year olds to demonstrate their skills and abilities in these exciting modern sports.

 

All the participants were selected by their Local Authority Sports Development Units through their schools before the big event...And congratulations to hosts Bedford Borough who were crowned champions at the end of the day!
 

Liftshare

London Luton Airport has teamed up with liftshare.com to offer staff and business partners at the airport the chance to:

• Save money
• Reduce their carbon footprint
• Meet new friends

By simply registering a few simple details, participants are able to log in and browse other members on the database to find a perfect match to share a journey.

Once registered, members can investigate many different journeys, not just to and from work, so it is possible to find a car share buddy on even the most infrequent trips!

Click here to get started!

 

Big Dance 2008

The Big Dance 2008 event was held at London Luton Airport on Saturday 5th July 2008.

 

Big Dance 2008 was a Nationwide week-long celebration which took place from 5 -13 July to celebrate dance in all its styles and forms and was open to everyone to join in. It aimed to get as many people dancing as possible in the lead up to the event, throughout the week itself and also to encourage people to keep dancing year round.

 

The London Luton Airport event, which was one of four venues in Luton, was held in the Airport Onward Travel Centre, and was based on the celebration of dance throughout the ages, with passengers and staff being treated to four dance performances including Irish dancing, Jazz dance, Capoeira and Street dance.

 

To view a Local News TV report about the Big Dance 2008 please visit the Video Library section.
 

Festival of Flight

On 20th June at London Luton Airport, Festival of Flight in Luton was launched by Glyn Jones, Managing Director, London Luton Airport, together with Margaret Moran MP, Kelvin Hopkins MP, Councillor Khtija Malik - Deputy Mayor of Luton, as well as a host of Airport employees. Festival of Flight celebrates the thrill and passion of flight in the form of an exhibition that focuses on the history of Aviation. The Luton project will give 10 local youth groups the opportunity to use their imagination and inspiration to create artwork that will be used in an exhibition to be hosted at London Luton Airport in May 2009. The project looks to involve students from all backgrounds including minority and ethnic groups, helping to challenge stereotypes which they encounter as a daily fact of life whilst opening new doors and encouraging new career choices and opportunities. For the young people of Luton, the Festival of Flight brings another exciting opportunity as one of the team will have the opportunity to fly a glider/trainer aircraft!! Watch this space for more details on this fantastic project.

Luton Mela

London Luton Airport was a proud sponsor of the Luton Mela which took place on 3rd August in Wardown Park, Luton.

 

Approximately 12,000 people attended this year’s event that aimed to showcase the best in Asian performance and visual arts that typify the unique and diverse community of Luton Town. 
 

To view a Local News TV report on the 2008 Luton Mela please visit our video library section.