COME AND TALK TO US AND LEARN ABOUT OUR FUTURE!
MAY 2015
We are at Knutsford Library each Tuesday 0930-1230 & 1315-1700 hrs and 1200-1900 hrs on the first Tuesday of each
month (unless we are outreaching elsewhere -see dates below and manchesterairport.co.uk/keepingintouch). We will also
be holding mobile outreach sessions across the community through 2015; the dates/locations of our May/June/July
programme are listed below (we will also be at the Cheshire Show on 23rd/24th June at Tabley Show Ground).
In June/July we will be consulting on the Sustainable Development Plan Manchester Airport; that will outline how we wish to
use land in and around our site to mitigate our impacts and describe how accessibility to our site can be improved. The Plan
will set out how we intend to modernise our facilities to improve passenger, airlines and local communities’ experiences. You
can find out more information from Tuesday 2nd June via: manchesterairport.co.uk/livingneartheairport. The sessions in
June/July below will give you the opportunity to find out more and feed back your comments; as part of our consultation.
If you have any questions relating to living near or using Manchester Airport; such as aircraft operations, development
on/around our site, The Community Trust Fund or if you would like to find out more about what we do, please come along to
one of the following outreach sessions:
At dates right we will showcase & provide tuition on using our
new Track Monitoring System:
Tuesday 19th May
16:00-19:00 hrs
Thursday 21st May
16.00-19:00 hrs
Benchill Community Centre,
Benchill Road, Benchill
Marthall, Ollerton and Little
Warford Village Hall,
Marthall.
At the dates below we will be able to discuss the Manchester Airport Sustainability Plan
June
12:00-19:00 hrs
Knutsford Library, Toft
Road, Knutsford
Tuesday 14 July
13:00-16:00 hrs
Café Unity, 228 Finney
Lane, Heald Green
Thursday 4th June
12:30-15:30 hrs
Earlams, Altrincham
Road,Styal Village
Tuesday 14th July
16:30-19:00 hrs
Heald Green Library, Finney
Lane, Heald Green.
Thursday 4th June
16:00-19:00 hrs
Wythenshawe Forum
Centre, Wythenshawe
Wednesday 22nd July
14:00-19:00 hrs
All Saints Church Hall,
Hale Road, Hale
Tuesday 16th June
15:00-19:00 hrs
Rajar Building,
Mobberley.
Thursday 30th July
14:00-19:00 hrs
Wythenshawe Forum
Centre, Wythenshawe
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For more information and to see autumn dates please see manchesterairport.co.uk/keepingintouch.
CHESHIRE SHOW TICKETS UP FOR GRABS!
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On June 23 /24 the Community Relations Team, along with colleagues from Customer Relations will attend our twelfth
Cheshire Show. Pupils from two local High Schools will run children’s activities and Airport Fire fighters will entertain the crowds
with their fund raising ducking stool. Visitors will have the opportunity to take part in the activities on offer and chat to Manchester
Airport colleagues about any matters which concern the Airport.
There are two tickets available to win; for a fabulous day out at the Cheshire Show. Simply answer the following question and
email your answer to [email protected] by Friday 5th June. Please indicate whether you would prefer
Tuesday 23rd or Wednesday 24th June with your answer.
QUESTION: How will the Fire Fighters be raising money at the Cheshire Show this Year? Good Luck!
SHADOWING THE WORLD OF WORK
“I enjoyed everything
about it”.
In March 88 Year 10 students from Manchester Enterprise and Knutsford Academies spent a
morning or afternoon at Manchester Airport sampling a ‘bite sized experience’ of working life
at the Airport. Students grasped the opportunity by shadowing colleagues in many roles
offered by hosts employed here. On arrival, students and their mentors were ‘paired up’
before being taken to their work area of interest where they spent a couple of hours on a
whistle stop tour. Colleagues talked about their day-to-day duties and the qualifications and
experience required to get the job. Some pupils were fortunate to visit the Thomas Cook
Hangar and see five different aircraft in different stages of refurbishment before going on
board and chatting to an engineer about his role. Other students spent time with Head Office
based colleagues in the Information Technology and Planning departments and others
chose more operational roles such as The Fire Service, Catering Company SSP, World Duty
Free Retail, Galliford Try Civil Engineers, NATS (air traffic control) and Emirates Airlines.
Students were ‘buzzing’ by the end of the session and were eager to tell one another about
their exciting experiences. Their ‘hands on’ session has motivated some of the students to
pursue a career in their job shadow role.
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WORLD BOOK WEEK IS A LITERARY SUCCESS
Manchester Airport volunteers paid a visit to schools in Wythenshawe, Mobberley and Knutsford during
March to celebrate World Book Day. Over 40 colleagues from different areas of the airport including
chaplaincy, terminals, offices and WHSmiths shops paid visits to five local schools, as part of the World
Book Day initiative. Pupils at Sandilands, St Aidans RC and Sacred Heart Catholic, Mobberley and Manor
Park Primary Schools heard about the many different types of jobs available at the Airport and how
important literacy is in the workplace regardless of what job they would like to do in the future.
Reading volunteers read their chosen books to their classes, followed by a chat and questions about their story. The sessions
were designed to encourage children to read books and develop reading skills from an early age so that in the future they will
have the skills to secure their dream job.
Retailer WHSmith, which has shops in all three Airport Terminals, supported the initiative
by donating enough £1 World Book Day books for each child at each school to take home
and keep. A donation of £75 Achievement Reward Vouchers were also given to each
school to help boost their library resource.
After one airport volunteer had read to a class, a teacher commented:
“It is lovely that the children can take the book home. The children
were all engaged in listening to the story and seemed to really enjoy
it. They were also interested in jobs at the Airport”.
CLEARING OUT FOR CHARITY
Manchester Airport Colleagues had a ‘spring clean’ for local
charities. Donations of clothing, books and bric-a-brac were
donated supporting three charities;
• St Ann’s Hospice; who every year care for around 3,000
patients (over the age of 16) affected by cancer and noncancer life limiting illnesses -and their families/carers.
• The Tree of Life; an organisation which works in
partnership with others to create a sustainable resource
to improve the health and wellbeing of people in
Wythenshawe -to increase their ability to participate in the
wider community.
• Otterspool Animal Haven; an animal sanctuary based in
Stockport, who take in and re-home unwanted cats and
dogs.
THE GREAT OUTDOORS
In March colleagues from Manchester
Airport Human Resources and
Finance swapped the comfort of their
office for the outdoors and some
physical labour.
<Finance spent the day constructing
fences in the grounds of Tatton Park.
>Human
Resource
Department
spent a morning at the National
Trust Quarry Bank Mill site digging,
constructing path edges, laying
scree and levelling the path surface.
A ‘table top’ sale was held in one of the meeting rooms ‘’It is the support of the local
in Olympic House, raising £234; which was split community that enables St Ann’s
between the three charities. Unsold items were donated Hospice to continue providing the
to the charities as stock to be sold in their charity shops
highest standards of care to
to raise more essential funds. St Ann’s commented;
patients, families and carers’’.
2015 RUNWAY CLOSURES
We have planned two days of runway closures each month between June
and December (see panel right). Planning our works in this way has enabled
a works programme to be planned for the year and to provide advance
notice. Our website www.manchesterairport.co.uk/runwayclosures contains
more information; including film clips that show nights of runway closure and
the challenges faced by our airfield colleagues and contractors to fit so much
work in to such a short time window.
Runway 2(Runway 23L/05R) will be used as the sole
runway between 2200 and 0600 hours on the
following dates:
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• June 2 , 3 & 4
• July 7th & 8th
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• August 4 & 5
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• September 1 & 2nd
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• October 6 & 7
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• November 3 & 4th
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• December 1 & 2
THE APRIL 2015 COMMUNITY TRUST FUND MEETING
A total of £30,883 was donated to 14 local charities during the April Community Trust Fund meeting.
 Knutsford Musical Theatre were awarded £2,649 to purchase an electronic organ and speakers.
 Great Budworth Cricket Club received £2,150 towards cost of Ground covers.
 Friends of Romiley Park received £2,800 towards ornamental railings at the park.
 Scott Avenue Allotments, Chorlton, were awarded the full allocation of £3,000 towards the cost of a
composting toilet on site.
If you are part of, or know of a Community Group which is looking for funding in order to develop and prosper the Manchester
Airport Community Trust Fund may be able to help. The maximum grant available to each charitable not-for-profit making
organisation is £3,000. This is available to organisations which are Community, Socially or Environmentally focussed within
approximately 10 miles of the Airport. The Fund is permanently open, holding four meetings a year and the next meeting will
be held on 6th July 2015 - all applications to be received by the 29th of May 2015. Details of the criteria and how to apply for a
grant from the Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund can be found at:
manchesterairport.co.uk/CommunityTrustFund or call the Community Trust Fund administrator on 0161 489 5281.