Kindness. When we are kind to each other, it helps us to feel connected, builds strong relationships and strengthens our communities. When someone is kind to us or even if we just witness kindness, our bodies release feel-good hormones which lift our mood, giving us what’s known as a ‘Helper’s High’. It’s also been shown that people who are kind have much lower anxiety levels, age more slowly and have healthier hearts. Kindness isn’t just a nice thing to do but can help us improve our own mental health and wellbeing, while helping others at the same time.
For four decades the Grand Prix Trust has provided help and advice to Formula One’s trackside and factory-based team personnel to put their lives back on track when things go wrong.
We also support the wider F1 community, extending to all employees (including their immediate families) who work, or have worked, for companies in the F1 supply chain for two or more years.
Our services provide effective and essential help which can take the form of financial assistance, specialist medical advice, ‘signposting’ to established relevant expertise and funding, and where appropriate advice relating to rights and benefits. Every case is dealt with compassionately and in total confidence.
Formula One is 75 years old and the Trust has helped members from the golden ages of Moss, Stewart, and Clark through to today. Our newly created bursary fund to assist underprivileged students through motorsport colleges and into motorsport jobs is proving very effective, and elegantly completes the circle on what the Grand Prix Trust provides.
In addition, we strive constantly to create a like-minded community through social events and Reunion lunches.
There is no membership fee to join the Trust should you be eligible.
If you’re an existing member, please do encourage your friends and colleagues to join – we really appreciate your support.
