Facts and figures

Groundwork works in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.  Delivery of projects against stretching targets and performance measures is one essential element of the Groundwork Federation’s approach to performance management.

A set of quantitative project performance measures has been established. Annual targets are agreed with the Department for Communities and Local Government and other agencies.

Reporting of outputs against the measures is done on a quarterly basis at Trust, regional and national levels.  Reported figures are audited to verify their accuracy.

In 2010/2011, we:

  • Worked in 98% of the most deprived areas
  • Completed over 6,300 community projects
  • Supported adults and young people to spend almost 850,000 days of community volunteering
  • Improved or maintained of 52,000,000 square metres of land for public use
  • Helped more than 7,600 people find work and 13,500 people achieve qualifications
  • Provided 85,550 weeks of training
  • Worked with 2,400 schools
  • Saved 291,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions
  • Diverted 240,860 tonnes of waste from landfill

As a result of our work:

  • 79% of people feel their neighbourhood is getting better