The Paisley Pirates ice hockey team has skated off with some treasure thanks to Glasgow Airport’s FlightPath Fund.
The amateur team, based at Braehead Arena, plan to use their £1,000 grant to buy safety kit such as helmets, visors and gloves for a junior development project.
Run in partnership with the Glasgow Clan professional team, the development programme will help children from five years and up learn the basics of the game as well as teaching them about health and well-being.
Marie Cadenhead, chair of the Paisley Pirates’ Supporters’ Club, said: “We’re very grateful to receive this fantastic award from the FlightPath Fund.
“The aim of introducing the development programme is to engage more young people in ice hockey and to ensure there is a passageway available to them to advance further while learning about teamwork, health, physical fitness and well-being.
“The protective equipment required to ensure we can do this in a safe setting is expensive, so the £1,000 made available to us is very much appreciated.”
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More than £90,000 is being made available by the FlightPath in 2022 and the Fund’s Committee is continuing to urge groups and organisations in Renfrewshire to submit applications.
The committee is particularly keen to hear from and support sustainability-themed projects aimed at improving the environment in the communities local to the airport.
It includes elected representatives from each of the four local authority areas covered by the fund – Renfrewshire, Glasgow City’s Drumchapel area, East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire.
The next meeting is on April 1 and applications must be submitted no later than three weeks prior to the meeting.
To find out more about applying for funding support, go to www.glasgowairport.com/community and download the application form and funding guidelines.
The FlightPath Fund was established in 2010 to provide financial support to community groups and charities that are committed to improving the opportunities, facilities and services available to local people.
Since 2011, the FlightPath Fund has awarded more than £1.65 million to over 650 local groups, clubs and charitable organisations.
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