NOAH Enterprise is our Charity of the Year 2011
Published: 11 January 2011
London Luton Airport employees have selected NOAH Enterprise (New Opportunities And Horizon Enterprise) as its chosen Charity of the Year for 2011. The Airport has pledged an initial donation of £10,000 to the charity and employees will work closely with the team at NOAH Enterprise to involve staff and passengers in fundraising activities throughout the year.
NOAH Enterprise is a Luton-based charity which seeks to help the most disadvantaged in the local community. NOAH takes an holistic approach to homelessness and exclusion and no matter which service a person comes to first they are encouraged to make use of as many areas of NOAH as necessary to enable them to reach their potential. Services centre on welfare provision, advice, outreach, training and social enterprise.
The NOAH Welfare Centre is open 365 days a year and is used by over 1,000 people annually. An additional 60 people are supported at any one time through NOAH’s outreach work.
Training is a key tool in breaking the cycle of no money leading to no home and helping people achieve independent living. NOAH runs accredited training courses in:
• Woodwork and furniture restoration
• White goods refurbishment
• Warehousing
• IT skills
• Life skills
Siân Pearce, Community Relations Executive at London Luton Airport said "NOAH Enterprise is a very worthwhile charity and we are proud to be involved with them this year. We are looking forward to working in partnership with the team at NOAH Enterprise to help raise vital funds that will support the services the charity delivers in the community. It is an exciting opportunity for our staff to get involved with a local charity and we already have exciting plans for fundraising and volunteering activities throughout the year’
Jim O’Connor, Chief Executive of NOAH Enterprise said “NOAH Enterprise and the people we care for get so much encouragement from the goodwill and generosity of the community generally. To be chosen by London Luton Airport as their Charity of the Year for 2011 is a wonderful example of that support. The work of NOAH may not, perhaps, have the emotional appeal of some other charities, making the decision of London Luton Airport, one of the premier successful businesses in the East of England, even more heart warming. We are looking forward very much to working in partnership with the Airport’s staff team and associated businesses, knowing that it will benefit those who are homeless and at risk of being so, and who are among the most in need in Luton.”
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London Luton Airport Press Office – press.office@ltn.aero
Notes to Editors
London Luton Airport is one of the UK’s largest airports and carried almost 9 million passengers in 2010. The Airport employs over 500 staff, is a key economic driver for the region and a major base for ‘low cost’ or ‘no frills’ air travel.
easyJet, Wizz Air, Ryanair, Monarch, Thomson, Aer Arann, EL AL, Blue Air and Flybe operate from the airport, departing to over 90 destinations including services to Europe, Africa, and Asia, with onward connections to Mumbai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Beijing and Bangkok via Tel Aviv.
The airport is operated and developed by a consortium of which Abertis Infraestructuras, a leading European infrastructure provider, is a 90 per cent majority shareholder and Aena Internacional, the international business arm of Aena - the Spanish national airport and air traffic control organisation, is a 10 per cent shareholder.