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.
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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
Creating and delivering a strategy for coping with climate change needs to be at the top of the agenda for every local authority. That means devising ways of moving to a low carbon economy, and preparing for the impact of inevitable climate change.
Groundwork can help with both. We have an impressive track record in working with businesses and other organisations to help them cut resource and energy use and implement environmental management systems. We can help key industry sectors in your locality to make changes – and we can advise carbon reduction on the local authority’s own estate.
We’re also building our knowledge in how we will need to adapt outdoor environments for a future climate. This means reconsidering the role of green infrastructure in urban spaces, investigating natural flood management techniques and building green roofs and using technologies such as sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS). We run training in adapting the landscape to climate change.
If you’re interested in finding out more, contact us.
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: Liverpool When a Merseyside sign-making company wanted to reduce costs and raise its profile, it came to Groundwork Merseyside to take advantage of a free ENWORKS-funded consultant to show it how.
Location: Liverpool We've helped FRC Group businesses to implement an environmental management system and win plaudits for their environmental performance.
Location: Heywood We help staff from York House Surgery reduce the environmental impact of their activities and cut their carbon footprint.
Location: Oldham We trained a group of local volunteers to help people in their homes with the aim of combating fuel poverty.
Location: Middleton We help Bifold Fluidpower cut the cost of their overheads whilst saving the amount of electricity they use.
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: Chorley We've helped Holy Cross High School reduce electricity costs, recycle tonnes of card and save nearly £4,000 on the heating bill.
