A Trafford-based girlguiding group has received a donation of £1,000 from Manchester Airport's Community Trust Fund.

Urmston Girlguiding in Trafford, which will use the grant for kitchen supplies as it rebuilds its headquarters on Newton Road.

The building, called Dyson House, saw its roof completed earlier this week and now extra funds will be available for the kitchen.

Liz Southern, Urmston Division Commissioner for Girlguiding Greater Manchester West, explained: “Our new building will have a large cross section of users from all ages within Girlguiding, plus some members of our local Scouting community. The facilities will also be available for hire to specific community groups too. 

“All these users will benefit from having a fully equipped working kitchen with upgraded facilities, and we will have the capacity to extend our activities during meetings with our young members, such as cooking workshops.

“The support received from the Community Trust Fund will enable us to continue our positive work in the local community, providing girls and young women with opportunities and experiences that might not otherwise be available to them.” 

The Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund was set up in 1997 and makes pledges to groups based within 10 miles of the airport, including parts of Trafford, Manchester, Tameside, Stockport and Cheshire, where groups are able to bid for funding for initiatives with a clear and lasting community benefit.

The Community Trust Fund is managed by a committee of trustees from the area alongside representatives from the airport and has made more than £4m worth of donations in the 27 years since it was founded.

Other groups to secure funding from the Community Trust Fund include Focus and Fly, a Manchester-based charity that runs personal and social development programmes to support vulnerable adults, Alderley and Wilmslow Musical Theatre Company and Greenspace Volunteers Stockport, which looks after parks and green recreational spaces across the town.