Record year for Bristol Airport’s community funding

2025 was a record year for community grants from Bristol Airport, with the highest total amount of funding awarded and the greatest number of local projects supported since its community funding programmes began.

Through the Bristol Airport Local Community Fund, Diamond Fund and Noise Mitigation Grant Scheme, the Airport has awarded a record £349,000 to 103 community projects across North Somerset and South Bristol. This represents the largest annual investment in local initiatives in the Airport’s history and underlines its long-term commitment to delivering meaningful benefits for neighbouring communities.

In total, £104,000 was granted to support 15 local community projects through the Local Community Fund; £45,000 was granted from the Diamond Fund to support 49 projects; and £200,000 was funded from the Noise Mitigation Grant Scheme to support 39 local properties to purchase new windows and/or acoustic loft insulation.

Grants ranged from £500 to £12,000 in 2025. The funding supports a wide range of projects designed to enhance quality of life, protect the environment and improve local amenities. Since the Local Community Fund was established in 2012, Bristol Airport has invested £1.8 million into hundreds of projects that address environmental and amenity impacts associated with the Airport’s operations and growth.

From January 2026, Bristol Airport will increase the maximum grant available through the Local Community Fund from £12,000 to £15,000. The uplift is designed to help community groups deliver larger and more ambitious projects, as well as providing even greater support and encouraging more eligible organisations to come forward and apply for funding.

Tracy Comer, Community Relations Manager at Bristol Airport, said, “We are extremely proud to have delivered our largest ever level of community funding in 2025, enabling us to support more local projects and initiatives than at any point before. These record figures reflect our long-standing commitment to working closely with our neighbours and investing in schemes that make a real difference.”

Bristol Airport is keen for as many community projects as possible to take advantage of the scheme in 2026. Any community ventures that fit the criteria of the Local Community Fund are encouraged to apply for the next wave of grants. The type of projects that would benefit include:

• Schemes which improve, enhance, protect and conserve the natural environment within the vicinity of the Airport.
• Noise mitigation for non-residential buildings. (Residential buildings can apply to the separate Noise Mitigation Scheme).
• Traffic implications associated with an increase in passengers using the Airport.
• Any other projects/schemes which can demonstrate they will help mitigate an environmental and/or amenity impact that can be attributed to the Airport expanding.

The Bristol Airport Local Community Fund has been established to invest in a range of local projects which benefit the local community and the environment. Its main purpose is to mitigate the environmental impacts of the Airport’s operations and give something back to the surrounding communities who are affected by being situated in close proximity to an airport.

To find out more information on the Local Community Fund or Diamond Fund, please visit the Airport’s website.

Pictured: An example of Bristol Airport’s community funding initiatives