People, places, potential… why we do what we do
Global vision, local delivery. Our projects, initiatives and main areas of activity.
Campaigns and ways you can support our work.
Connect to our regional and local Groundwork Trusts.
Find out the latest about how we're changing places and lives.
Further your career or help us make a difference.
How to contact our team nationally and around the country
Groundwork can work with local authorities to help support communities gain employment.
We help people to retrain, gain confidence and gain valuable work experience. From structured volunteering to formal placements with employers, we help people move on a journey back towards employment.
We operate different skills programmes in different places, but they are all about motivation and changing lives. Often our programmes are linked to improving the local environment or growing new skills for a greener economy
In some areas we are a sub-contactor in the delivery of DWP employment schemes while in others we are playing our part in the new Future Jobs Fund.
We always try to go the extra mile and be creative with our services – for us the unemployed are people with great potential, not clients who help us tick boxes for outputs.
If you’d like to talk to Groundwork about opportunities for working together on this agenda, please contact your local Trust.
Location: Braintree Five local unemployed young people have been selected to take part in a 16 week pre-apprenticeship programme which has been launched in partnership with Braintree District Council and Greenfields Community Housing.
Location: Leeds Chop n Go is an enterprise run by 16-18 year olds who make and sell products from recycled and sustainably sourced wood, learning all about business in the process.
Location: Bury and Bolton Groundwork Bury and Bolton are pleased to offer support for 16 and 17 year olds to help them get ‘back on track’. We offer a 52 week mentoring programme for 16 to 17 year olds who have not achieved any GCSE’s at grades A* to C.
Location: Oldham and Rochdale Providing unemployed graduates with valuable new skills and real project management experience.
Location: Oldham & Rochdale Volunteers complete a range of community based projects whilst gaining an accredited qualification.
Location: Oldham Unearthing the Past seeks to rediscover local heritage through archaeology, learning and community engagement.
Location: Woolston, Warrington A free resource efficiency review by a local ENWORKS adviser has uncovered potential savings of over £65,000 a year at the Safevent windows and glazing factory in Woolston, Warrington.
Location: Barnard Castle A client who has been unemployed for 5 years joined the Work Programme overcomes the obstacles to be successful in being offered a job
Location: Various locations A life changing personal development course for unemployed young people aged between 16 and 25.
Location: South East Blue Sky Development & Regeneration is a social enterprise that helps ex-offenders move successfully into long-term employment.
