East Midlands Airport Community and Environment Investment Report 2007/08
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East Midlands Airport Community and Environment Investment Report 2007/08 www.eastmidlandsairport.com 1 East Midlands Airport Community and Environment Investment Report Contents Inside Education and Employment ...............................................04 Community Engagement ...................................................06 Community Fund ...............................................................08 Employees investing their time ...........................................13 Arts ...................................................................................14 Sports ...............................................................................16 Transport ...........................................................................18 Community Engagement – Page 7 Air Quality Management .....................................................20 Waste Management ..........................................................22 Climate Change .................................................................24 Noise Monitoring ...............................................................26 Noise Complaints ..............................................................28 Sound Insulation Grant Scheme (SIGS) ..............................30 Landscape Management ...................................................31 Employees investing their time – Page 13 Landscape Management – Page 31 Climate Change – Page 24 Sport – Page 17 02 Welcome Welcome The community and environment investment report is designed to communicate some of the key activities that have taken place during the past year. It has been a busy one again with our impact on the environment, including commitment to improving what we do climate change. We take our and how we do it remaining strong. We responsibility to the environment very are continually striving to make a positive seriously and are continually working contribution to the communities that with our partners to minimise impact surround us and outlined in this report at every opportunity. are some of the ways in which we do In our Master Plan, published in 2006, just that. we made a commitment to report our 2007/08 has been another good year activities openly and honestly at the for the airport with passenger numbers request of the local community. This increasing once again. However, whilst report is just one of the ways we are we continue to grow our business we honouring this. recognise the need to do this responsibly At East Midlands Airport we will and we have a number of measures in continue to focus on being a good place to ensure this. and responsible neighbour. We will Our community programme is focused continue to listen and, where possible, on six key topics: Education, Sport, Arts respond positively to all comments. We and Culture, Community Engagement, will continue to seek to improve our Employee Engagement and Environment. relationships with the community to Through these key topics we look to develop an understanding of the efforts develop long lasting partnerships with we and our partners make, to minimise local organisations to deliver projects the impact of our operations. that have solid and lasting benefits to the communities that surround us. Our environment programme is targeted at monitoring and improving our noise, air quality, waste and resource management Penny Coates Managing Director, East Midlands Airport 03 East Midlands Airport Community and Environment Investment Report Education and Employment Education runs through many of the programmes that the airport supports, as we believe that business involvement in education is key to generating interest, adding another dimension to the classroom and opening young people’s eyes to the opportunities in the wider world. Tools for Schools The airport also teamed up with Work Experience This year the airport has completed the the Wildlife Trusts of Derbyshire, Once again during the past year the production of an interactive storybook. Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire airport has hosted 10 work experience The book is aimed at primary schools to create ‘Flying Visits’, a series of students. The importance of the work and is designed to be used with workshops for local schools. Teams from experience programme is recognised by interactive whiteboards in classrooms. each Trust worked with a school in their the airport as often, a young person’s The book has been created in response area and encouraged children to look at first taste of the world of work. At the to the many requests we receive from their school habitats. They were given airport they experience all aspects of our local schools for tours round the airport. the opportunity to plan and create their operation from the information desk to Due to tight security at the airport we own wildlife areas, considering how working with our airside operations team. are unable to offer this type of visit, so best they could use school grounds to the book is designed to give behind encourage wildlife. the scenes information that will help young people understand some of the airport processes. 04 Education and Employment Opposite: Interactive story book cover. Right: Children from Gotham School taking part in the Wildlife Trust project. Far right: Maurice Gosling at Lutterworth College. Year in Industry Skills Academy Job Fairs For the past six years the airport has This year the airport Skills Academy This year the airport has attended 15 taken part in the national Year In Industry has gone from strength to strength with job fairs across the three counties scheme. This provides talented young on-site companies such as bmibaby, of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and people with paid, degree relevant work DHL, TNT, Costa Coffee, Alpha retail Nottinghamshire. This activity helps not placements in the year out before or and catering, Select Service Partner and only the airport but other businesses during their university course. Menzies all using the Academy to do based at the airport to recruit locally. appropriate NVQ training. The aim of This year we welcomed two students Career Events the Academy is to provide fully funded into the Facilities Management team. NVQ Level 1 and 2 training to anyone Career events are designed to inform and Both have had hands on experience working on-site who has not achieved educate young people to the variety of of what it is like to work full time at the five GCSEs A-C or equivalent. career opportunities that are available at airport and will use this experience to the airport. Ultimately it is hoped that this help them make important decisions sparks interest which motivates them to about their future. do well and pursue a career with EMA, therefore retaining local talent. During Skills Academy Participant 07/08 the airport attended eight career events in surrounding schools Name and colleges. Maurice Gosling Ethics Workshops Role This year the airport has begun hosting Network Employment Assistant ethics workshops which have proved for EMA popular with 11 events being held in local schools. These events are designed Which course did you complete? to open young people’s eyes to the Math Level 2 (equivalent to GCSEs way that business works, to teach A-C) employability skills and appropriate Will you do any further training behaviour in the work place. Why did you choose to do the through the academy? course? “It has reinforced my hopes Yes; I have just started English Level 2. I wanted to develop my skills in of getting a job in the aviation industry. I also believe I have this area. How has the course helped you? grown more confident. I would I now have a qualification which I What do you feel are the benefits really like to say thank you to did not leave school with and my to having an on-site skills everyone at the airport for making confidence is improving every day. academy? my experience such a great one!” I can pop in as and when I have time Michael and get professional help with any Age 15, Work Experience Student. relevant issues. 05 East Midlands Airport Community and Environment Investment Report Community Engagement Maintaining regular communication with our local communities is one of the key aspects of the community relations programme. Whilst we appreciate that some concerns are harder to resolve than others, it is our aim to do all that we can to be a responsible, pro-active and responsive neighbour. The Independent Consultative Business in the Community “Penny’s strong leadership of a Committee (ICC) The airport continues to be an active group of local business leaders The ICC continues to be the formal member of Business in the Community produced positive responses interface between the airport and and this year Penny Coates led a Prince’s to what they had seen and the groups it impacts upon including Seeing is Believing visit in Derwent. The commitments to financial support local authority, airport user groups, Seeing is Believing visits are designed and continuing links with the environmental organisations and the to create awareness of the activities Derwent Community. An Area neighbouring community. At the request that take place in the community and Bank Director said, ‘I was blown of the committee two subgroups how businesses can or do impact upon away by what I have seen’.” have been created, the Monitoring, them. Delegates spend a morning visiting Richard Massey Environment, Noise and Track community organisations and talking to Area Manager, Business in the Community. Committee and the Transport, Economic community and