Groundwork East Projects in Bedfordshire

Projects we can run in Bedfordshire
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Green Social Prescribing – Groundwork East

Supporting people to improve their mental and physical health by connecting them with nature-based activities in their local community.
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Climate clubs

Climate Clubs provide time for children to learn more about the ways in which climate change is affecting the planet and how we can make climate-positive changes.
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River Champions

A project to train volunteers to become River Champions to collect data on stretches of the Lea that are lacking, to build our knowledge of the river habitats, and allow partners working along the Lea to identify and deliver future river improvement works.
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Memorial Park, Luton

A hub of food growing activities where our staff work with residents to care for a garden, growing fruit and vegetables and learning about healthy eating and cooking.
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Landscape Architect Services

Our experienced Landscape Architects understand that good quality green spaces are critical to how our neighbourhoods function.
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Green Doctor

Groundwork’s Green Doctors are energy efficiency experts providing free and impartial support helping residents stay warm, well, and save money on their household bills.
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Family Gardening Sessions

A two hour gardening session open to families to learn the basics of gardening, where our food comes from and to feel the benefits of working with nature.
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The River Lea conservation

Groundwork East have a number of projects along the River Lea, supporting management and conservation activities to protect and restore it.
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Carbon Literacy Training

Carbon Literacy is a one day course certified by the Carbon Literacy Trust designed for anyone to get to grips with zero-carbon living and working.
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Wild Play

Family sessions focusing on the benefits of improving literacy by taking learning outdoors, also increasing physical and mental wellbeing.
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Junior River Wardens

Educating school pupils, youth and uniformed groups on the importance of maintaining the health of their local river and what they can do to preserve it.
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Grow It, Cook It

Groundwork runs courses across the East of England that introduce families to growing and cooking, to improve their health and well-being.
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Home Grown for funders

An online course that supports families with young children showing them how to grow their own fruit and veg at home and how to cook food together.
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Project Groundwater

The aim of Project Groundwater is, through innovative solutions and stakeholder engagement, to build resilience to groundwater flooding for communities
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Single Use Sucks

More than 5m disposable vapes are thrown away every week.This project raises awareness of how dangerous single use vapes can be to the wider environment.
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Water Literacy

Courses aiming to inspire, motivate and educate professionals to play their part in addressing the environmental impact of water scarcity in the UK.
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Sustainable Business Service

Our Sustainable Business consultants offer a huge range of impartial, tailored sustainability advice to help organisations build a greener future.