Groundwork is a federation of charities working locally and nationally to transform lives in the UK’s most disadvantaged communities.
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Across the UK, Groundwork is adapting its local delivery in order to support communities during the COVID-19 crisis.
From delivering online youth work to delivering food to vulnerable residents, Groundwork is adapting its local delivery in order to support communities.
We are stepping up our work to respond to a new national crisis but we need your support to help more communities to get back onto their feet..
Read Groundwork's COVID-19 statement to see how our teams are responding.
Groundwork has been crafting practical projects with forward thinking corporate, public sector and third sector partners like you for nearly 40 years. Thousands of projects every year that make a real and lasting difference in the communities most in need of support – helping people into work, creating stronger communities, making better neighbourhoods and encouraging healthier, greener lifestyles.
Read more about our core partnership opportunities below or see our full range of services here.
Groundwork's Community Enablers give people the skills, tools and confidence to run sustainable, grassroots projects and organisations in their own community. They run activities across the UK that tackle social isolation, improve health and wellbeing, protect the local environment and bring people of different ages and backgrounds together to make where they live better
Around half a million young people were ‘economically inactive’ – not in learning or employment and not looking for work - a number which is rising since Covid-19. Groundwork Green Teams teach practical horticulture and landscape skills to people who need support to get into employment.
Groundwork's Green Doctors are energy efficiency experts who visit people in their homes across the UK, helping vulnerable households to save money and stay warm and well. With 1 in 10 households in the UK experiencing fuel poverty, it's a crucial lifeline for many residents.
'The recovery needs to be fair as well as green, and some simple measures can have life-changing impacts.'
Groundwork to help communities across the UK to tackle climate and nature emergency, improve health and wellbeing and gain access learning and work
New community grants scheme launched thanks to The Big Night In
Whether you're looking for a grant to turn your community project into a reality, want to partner with us to change lives or simply want to give a few hours a week to a cause that benefits your community, Groundwork can help you do something special.
We help people to carry out thousands of projects each year. Tackling climate change. Helping people out of fuel poverty. Bringing out the best in young people by helping them to improve their local area. Building stronger communities by improving green space. Getting people back into work and creating green jobs. Last year alone we:
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