The Birmingham Airport Community Trust Fund makes grants from £500 to £5,000 to small community-based organisations. Core funded directly by the Airport Company and topped-up by any penalties levied on airlines breaching our noise limits, grants are awarded by a board of independent Trustees representing local authorities and the Airport Consultative Committee. Typically, the Trust Fund usually makes grants of around £100,000 each year and a total of over £1.8 million has been awarded to date. See how one local school benefited from a grant:
To find out if your group may be eligible, follow these steps:
First, click here for a list of postcodes within the Trust Fund’s Area of Benefit.
If the address from where your project operates is on this list, you may be eligible. If not, then we are sorry, but your project is not eligible.
Next, take a look at the following questions:
Does your organisation have a Constitution or set of rules?
Why this is important: The Trustees will need to understand your organisation’s Aims and Objectives.
Does your organisation produce annual accounts?
Why this is important: The Trustees need to understand how sustainable your organisation is. Even if it is a small project or a new group, you must be able to provide even a basic Income and Expenditure Account.
Is your organisation locally managed and operated?
Why this is important: The Trustees will not make awards to organisations which operate nationally or internationally, even where an individual programme is delivered within the Area of Benefit.
If you can answer ‘yes’ to all of these questions, your project may be eligible.
Next, take a look at the Community Trust Guidelines which will explain how the Trust Fund operates and how to apply. You are strongly advised to do this as it may save wasting your time and ours if what you are requesting is not eligible under the Trust Fund criteria.
Applications are now open for the October 2026 Trust Fund grant round!
Before requesting an application form, please ensure that you meet the eligibility criteria outlined on this website.
To request an application form, please email Meganne - [email protected]
A brief description of your project and what the funding would be used for
Your postcode, so that we can confirm your eligibility
If your project meets the funding criteria, an application form will be sent to you.
The deadline for these applications is 18 September 2026.