Lahiru Perera's Midnight Marathon Page

On the 16th July 2022, I'll be 'tearing down the tarmac' as i set out to run the length of Heathrow's runway in the spirit of raising money for a great cause. The Heathrow Community Trust.

Heathrow Community Trust (HCT) is an independent grant making trust providing much needed
funding to communities around Heathrow airport since 1996. In the last 3 years, HCT has awarded
over £1.5m in grants to community groups. HCT is a small charity driven to use their grant making to
support impactful community groups, committed to their vision of happy, healthy local communities
where everyone has the opportunity to live a rewarding and fulfilled life, and the value of giving
something back to your community is recognised. HCT’s funding comes from donations from
Heathrow Airport Limited and other Team Heathrow companies, noise fines, and fundraising
activities like the Midnight Marathon.

One example of a project HCT has funded via the Projects for Young People grant stream is The east
to west Trust who were awarded a grant for their Emerge project which supports young people
admitted to A&E departments due to self-harm injury or attempted suicide. The grant supported
provision at St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey, where the Trust were able to have volunteers working
three nights a week supporting 154 young people aged 10-25 who were in a mental health crisis
across 2 years. The Trust also expanded their community provision to be able to support young
people once they left hospital.