Our aims and objectives, impact on the ground and how we operate as a federation of charities.
The main themes of our work and some of our most important initiatives.
Connect to our regional and local Groundwork Trusts.
What we can do for the wide range of people and organisations that we work with.
Find out the latest about how we're changing places and lives.
Campaigns and ways you can support our work.
Further your career or help us make a difference.
How to contact our team nationally and around the country
When jumping though the hoops to win that public sector contract, it’s great to have that edge on the competition. Often, a bit of local knowledge and genuine innovation in providing public benefit can swing the deal. Groundwork can work with your bid team to identify the key social, economic and environmental outcomes – and then develop solutions.
We can add the punch to public sector bids, act as your interface with the local community and ensure your investment changes lives. Partnership building and local regeneration isn’t just a desk job for us – we’re part of that world and often have the inside knowledge on the political context, the key players and the buttons to push.
We will do the detective work to see how your proposal can link with the local regeneration and sustainability scene. We can spot and make those crucial connections that will touch the hearts and minds of the key decision makers.
We have expertise in a number of areas, including:
Location: Leeds 2012 sees the 25th anniversary of Groundwork Leeds. Find out how the Trust began and explore some of the wonderful projects we've been involved in with local people over the last quarter of a century.
Location: Bolton Supporting J Dickinson & Sons to help them make annual cost savings of over £700k
Location: Rochdale An innovative voluntary training project that combines housing regeneration and support for unemployed people.
Location: Rochdale Helping local unemployed people to gain new skills and work experience whilst making improvements to their neighbourhood.
Location: Rochdale Providing opportunities to previously unemployed young people whilst enhancing public spaces across Rochdale.
Location: Local area Homeowners and tenants can acheive great savings on their energy bills and help the environment by increasing insulation to the property and reducing carbon emissions.
Location: Heywood Our award winning Housing Retrofit scheme transformed an old council house property into a beacon of sustainable living
Location: Beckingham The ‘Old Willow Works’ in Beckingham is being fully restored by Groundwork and Crestra Ltd to create a community heritage centre.
Location: Delph, Oldham Groundwork helps teachers and pupils at Delph Primary School create a new natural playspace within their school grounds.
Location: Creswell, Derbyshire The area local to the Groundwork head officesis rich in natural and historic assets. Over the years it has been involved in the transformation of a variety of open spaces from the gardens and parks to one of its largest projects at Creswell Crags.
