London City Airport today announced it is granting a further £36,000 to local charities and community groups based in East London through its annual Community Fund.
The airport has donated funding to 13 charities and not-for-profit organisations across six boroughs: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Hackney, Waltham Forest, Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge. Each successful applicant will receive a grant of up to £3,000 to support communities across East London.
Among the local groups that have secured funding are the Burdett Foundation, which works to promote the wellbeing of residents of the Burdett Estate in Poplar, the Hackney Foodbank which provides emergency food parcels to people in crisis and NEWway Project, a charity helping to tackle homelessness in Newham.
Other awardees include the Globe Community Project, working to reduce loneliness in Tower Hamlets, and Central Park Allstars FC, empowering young girls to play football and develop transferable skills through workshops and mentoring.
Since launching in May 2019, the airport’s Community Fund has donated £598,000 to more than 180 charities and not-for-profit organisations. The fund is part of a broader, ongoing community investment scheme helping to improve quality of life in local communities.
In 2025 alone, 196 London City Airport staff contributed upwards of 800 volunteering hours, supporting more than 2,700 East Londoners, including 1,000 students. The airport also invested over £240,000 in community initiatives including education programmes, local partnerships and events.
