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"I’m not going to stop, even if it gets hard. I know if I put my mind to it I can do whatever I want to.”
- Dan, trainee on Groundwork's Green Team employment project
Groundwork is a federation of charities mobilising practical community action on poverty and the environment across the UK. We’re passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances.
Find out how we’re changing places and lives in your area.
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 Cadent Foundation has granted £40,000 to Groundwork, to create 2700 winter warmer packs for those most in need
Grant to help create jobs for young people and restore nature in communities.
New Groundwork report that examines how Covid-19 has effected community groups
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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