A Paisley Judo club is set to benefit from Loganair’s GreenSkies Community Fund, as the airline donates £662.76 to install insulation in their dojo.
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Paul Grady
Rebecca Bradley
Luke Lovegrove, Loganair
And members of Clyde Judo Club
Currently in their 13th year of operations, Clyde Judo Club offers martial arts training for the community, working as part of the OneRen family to offer Judo lessons to school children throughout term time, and offering support to local families and refugees through its outreach programmes.
The GreenSkies Community Fund from Loganair, the UK’s largest regional airline, is a groundbreaking initiative that sees charities, community groups, and small businesses across the UK supported in reaching their sustainability goals.
Loganair received nearly 250 applications for the latest round of funding, and revealed today it will distribute funds to seven successful projects – one being Clyde Judo Club.
The fund’s aim is to help local organisations achieve their own goals towards a more sustainable future. With this funding, Clyde Judo Club will be able to insulate its dojo, offering a warm space to its students and the wider community at the same time as reducing heat loss into the environment.
Susan Wright, head coach, Clyde Judo Club, said: “We are incredibly grateful to have the chance to make improvements to our facility that will help insulate our dojo.
“This will hopefully bring in new members and give us more opportunity to support our local community at the same time as reducing our carbon footprint.”
Luke Lovegrove, chief commercial officer at Loganair, said: “Clyde Judo Club has the opportunity to improve its facilities to benefit both the students who train there and the larger community within Paisley who it works with through outreach programmes. This funding will allow the club to create a warm space using environmentally conscious materials.
“Loganair sits at the forefront of pushing for new technologies in the aviation industry which will lessen the environmental impact of flying and support our goal of reaching net zero by 2040. It is important to us not only to reach this goal as an airline but also to offer support to the communities we serve to see them achieve their own sustainability goals.
“We’re proud to support Clyde Judo Club in making improvements to their facilities that will help them continue to support their community.”
The GreenSkies Community Fund is part of Loganair’s environmental GreenSkies programme, which launched in July 2021 and includes measures ranging from carbon offsetting to investing in future flight technologies to help achieve an ambitious target of becoming net zero by 2040.
To date, Loganair has invested over £80,000 in community renewable projects through its GreenSkies Community Fund.
For more information visit www.loganair.co.uk/people-planet/greenskies-2023.