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 2011/2012, we:

  • Completed over 6,300 community projects
  • Worked with 2,000 community organisations
  • Supported adults and young people to spend almost 450,000 days of community volunteering
  • Improved or maintained 40,000,000 square metres of land for public use and planted 60,000 trees
  • Helped more than 4,200 people find work or training and 8,700 people achieve qualifications