Gatwick Airport Community Trust is an independent charity set up by the legally-binding agreement between West Sussex County Council, Crawley Borough Council and BAA Gatwick, following publication of the airport’s Sustainable Development Strategy.

Every year, up until March 2009, BAA Gatwick is to pay into the Trust £100,000, index linked, out of its taxed income.  In addition, the Trust receives money raised through noise fines set by the UK Government on those aircraft that infringe any noise limits at Gatwick Airport.

The purpose of setting up the Trust was to ensure that, as the airport continued to grow, funds generated by the existence of the airport should be made available to a board of independent trustees and they should be directed back in to the community that was affected by the airport and its continued growth.

For more information: www.gact.org.uk. (This link will launch in a new window.)