London Luton Airport launches community appeal
Published: 22 November 2010
London Luton Airport has launched a community-wide appeal to help the flood victims in Pakistan.
Local people are being encouraged to collect dried food items and new blankets to support the most vulnerable people in the run up to winter. London Luton Airport will be co-ordinating the packaging of aid parcels and will arrange for these to be flown direct to Pakistan. The Ummah Welfare Trust, a registered charity, will take responsibility for distributing the goods in Pakistan, ensuring the aid reaches the places where it is most needed.
The Luton-wide collection will start from Monday 22nd November with a final donation date of the 13th December. During this time donations can be made at any of the following community drop off points:
DROP-OFF POINTS:
• Farley Community Centre
• Saints Community Centre
• Bury Park Community Resource Centre
• Hockwell Community Centre
• Raynham Way Community Centre
• Bushmead Community Centre
• Putteridge Junior School (8:30 - 15:30 weekday)
The items that are desperately needed are:
• Rice 2KG
• Sugar 1KG
• Lentils 2KG
• Dry Milk 400gms
• Salt 1KG
• Spices (Basra) ½ KG
• Biscuit Packets
• Dry Chick Peas 400gms
• Dettol Soap
• Vaseline
• Blankets (medium sized must be new and packaged)
Please note the drop off centres will only be able to accept these items.
London Luton Airport is delighted to have the support of the following community partners with this project,
• Luton in Harmony
• Luton Borough Council
• Luton Sixth Form College
• Luton Council of Faiths
• Luton Council of Mosques
• Inspire FM
• Ummah Welfare Trust
Siân Pearce, Community Relations Executive at London Luton Airport says ‘We have already been very impressed by the level of support the local community has shown towards the appeal and we are delighted to be able to support such a worthwhile cause.’& nbsp;
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For more information please contact:
Siân Pearce – sian.pearce@ltn.aero or 01582 395305
Notes to Editors:
London Luton Airport is one of the UK’s largest airports and carried over 9 million passengers in 2009, employing over 500 staff, the airport is a major economic driver for the region, as well as 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.