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Silverstone Donates Funds From Grand Prix Parking Fines

Silverstone  Circuit  has  donated  £4,500  through  monies  raised  from  parking  fines at the FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX to four local charities. Brickle Pocket Park, Chackmore Junior School, Whittlebury Primary School and the Silverstone Women’s Institute were all successful in their application to receive a share of funds from a parking fine operation at the region’s biggest sporting event of the year.

Richard Phillips, Managing Director of Silverstone Circuits Limited, presents Whittlebury Primary
School with a cheque for £3000 to help fund the purchase of laptop computers for the school

Parking regulations are implemented at the event to ensure that visitors to the British Grand Prix adhere to the parking rules which, in turn, enable the circuit to manage traffic flow on the highway, and in and out of the car parks.Following  the 2008  FORMULA  1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX Silverstone announced the community initiative, inviting individuals to nominate  local charities for consideration.

Details  of  each charity, including the sum of money required and how the money would be put to use, were considered by a charity committee, whose responsibility it was to review all requests and decide which initiatives would benefit from funds raised by the fines.

After   much deliberation,   and   in line   with   the   circuit’s   strategy   to   support   local   educational   and environmental issues, the four successful charities were:

Whittlebury Primary School

£3,000  donation  to  help  fund  the  purchase  of  laptop  computers,  aiding  the  education  of  children  who attend Whittlebury Primary School.

Chackmore Junior School

£1,000 donation to help fund the purchase of books and seating for a new library at Chackmore Junior School.  The infant  and  junior  school  accommodates  children  from  the  age  of  4/5  to  sitting  their  11+ exams.

Brickle Pocket Park

£350 donation to fund the purchase of a brushwood cutter, which will aid a Silverstone-based volunteer group in its efforts to maintain an area of local land that has been transformed from a rubbish tip into a ‘Haven of Tranquility’. The site is now managed as a wild life sanctuary.

Silverstone Women’s Institute

£150  donation  to  help  fund  a  bursary  for  one  member  of  the  Institute  to  attend  a  residential  course  at Denman College.  Denman  College,  which  is  run  by  the  National  Federation  of  Women’s  Institutes, provides a safe and encouraging environment for women to further their education and learn new skills, including history, painting and the management of finances.

Speaking  at  the  presentation of a £3,000 cheque to Whittlebury Primary School, Richard Phillips, Managing Director of Silverstone  Circuits  Limited,  said:  “Silverstone  Circuit enjoys a  close  working relationship  with  the local community and  we  rely  heavily  on  their  support  during  events  such  as  the British Grand Prix. It is great, therefore, when we get opportunities like this to support local environment and education initiatives.“

Controlled and orderly parking is a key element of the traffic management system that we implement for the British Grand Prix. As a result, we are forced to put a parking fining operation into practice to dissuade customers  from parking where they  shouldn’t.  In  addition  to  acting  as  a  deterrent,  the  scheme  also provides us with the opportunity to make donations to local charities, supporting worthy causes”.

Stuart Hall, Chairman of the Friends of Whittlebury School Association, commented: “The money means that the small village school can now have all the up-to-date IT equipment needed to keep abreast of our ever changing world. It means so much to the teachers and parents.”

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