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
Sir Tony Hawkhead CBE is Chief Executive of Groundwork UK.
While Tony has been Chief Executive, Groundwork has grown from a charity with 600 staff, a £20m annual turnover delivering 800 projects a year, to one with national reach across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Today, Groundwork has 1800 staff, a £150m annual turnover and delivers 6,000 projects a year.
Prior to Groundwork, Tony was Chief Executive of East London Partnership, a private sector led and funded organisation whose aim was to help regenerate Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. He was also Chair of the Stratford Development Agency championing major improvements to that part of London which helped pave the way for the successful Olympic Bid for London 2012.
Tony chaired the Department for Work and Pensions Third Sector Welfare to Work Taskforce, which reported in 2009, and was a member of the Local Government Association Climate Change Commission in 2007.
In 2003 Tony was awarded the CBE for services to the environment. In 2011 he was further honoured with a Knighthood for services to environmental regeneration.
Tony is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Trustee of the Olton and West Warwickshire Sports Club and a member of the Mandarins Cricket Club.
