Our work in Manchester
We are supporting Manchester’s commitment to build a more equal, inclusive and sustainable city for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies and plays here.
We work with people, communities and partners across Manchester but primarily in North Manchester, West Gorton and Wythenshawe to put power in local hands, create skills and jobs for a greener economy and deliver greenspaces for nature, for climate and for everyone.
Over the coming years, we have a focus on enhancing greenspaces so that local people of all ages can connect with each other and with nature and learn new skills:
Restoring the Medlock and Irk river valleys
Expanding our Green Community Hub network into Wythenshawe
Our work with local people & communities
Creating a Green Community Hub in West Gorton
We’ve been engaging the community about the park’s development for over 5 years, helping the community establish a thriving green hub for people and nature.
Using coaching & mentoring to reduce youth violence
We’re working in 1-2-1 and group settings to provide young people with opportunities to discover their potential, learn skills for the future and express their emotions in calm, creative ways.
Putting local people at the heart of climate action
As an In Our Nature delivery partner, we’re working with communities across Manchester to enhance skills and empower practical action which limit the effects of the climate crisis on those most at risk.
Understanding career options in the green economy
We support teachers and careers advisors in schools and colleges to develop a better understanding of the current and emerging job opportunities in the green economy.
Tackling fuel poverty
Our Green Doctors help Manchester residents boost their income and live warm and well in their homes by installing small measures, offering behaviour change advice and supporting them to manage payments.
Helping young people grow & develop
Our qualified and experienced youth workers arrange regular youth club nights and deliver positive activities in neighbourhoods across Manchester.
Supporting young people to become climate leaders
Our youth workers helped a group of passionate young people in Crumpsall to develop plans to enhance their local greenspace and protect the planet.
Creating a community of river enthusiasts
We’ve been engaging with local people along the River Irk to bring together like-minded people who care about the river, it’s environment, heritage & neighbouring communities.
Reducing social isolation with nature connections
Our Nature Buddies programme enabled residents who felt isolated to access the support they need, take part in outdoor activities, and develop skills which help their community thrive.
Connecting people with nature
We engaged communities local to the Medlock Valley with activities in this valuable greenspace, creating opportunities to get involved in practical conservation work and learn all about the species Groundwork and partners are working to protect.
Developing green skills for climate action
We delivered a series of green skills training programmes to community groups which equipped people with the necessary knowledge and skills to mobilise climate action on a neighbourhood level.
Creating a community garden in Sharston
We helped The Message Trust transform a formerly desolate patch of land on the side at the side of their building into a flourishing community garden and food growing space.
Empowering young people to save water
Our youth team have been supporting a group of young people from Wythenshawe to understand and take action for conserving water.
Supporting Khizra Mosque Community Centre to build a living wall
Our youth team supported young women from the Khizra Mosque & Community Centre to develop and deliver their idea of installing a green living wall at the mosque in Cheetham Hill.
Transforming green spaces in West Gorton & Belle Vue
We’re working with local residents and Manchester City Council to make 50 spaces across West Gorton and Belle Vue greener and more resilient.
Enhancing green & blue spaces in Manchester
Supporting community groups to enhance biodiversity
As part of the Northern Flowerhouse project, our environmental educators delivered wildflower training covering wildflower creation, establishment and harvesting.
Restoring habitats in the Medlock Valley
Working alongside a bunch of fantastic partners, we’ve been improving vital habitats along the River Medlock to help halt the decline of important species.
Treating invasive species across the Medlock Valley
Our dedicated team of rangers supported a targeted ecological restoration through the Medlock Valley project to combat the spread of Invasive Non-Native Species
Redesigning Crumpsall Lane Primary school grounds
Our Landscape Architects design a space which would allow children at Crumpsall Primary to connect with the world around them through touch, taste and smell.
Streetscaping in Harpurhey and Clayton
Our Landscape Architects designed streets which helped calm traffic and provided an an attractive, complimentary environment for recently face-lifted properties..
Transforming Pigeon Park to Slade Lane Community Gardens
We worked with the community in Longsight to upgrade what was once known as Pigeon Park into Slade Lane Community Gardens, a greenspace with increasing biodiversity.
Managing Wythenshawe woodland
With support from City of Trees and Mersey Rivers Trust, our Urban Rangers undertook essential woodland management in Big Wood, Park Wood and Hatchetts Wood.
Supporting communities to green their alleyways
Building on our 20+ years of greening alleys, Groundwork’s Eco-Street alley way project provided support to communities for greening their alleyways using nature-based-solutions which alleviate the effects of climate change.
Designing hedgerows which protect pupils
We tested the use of hedges with different species mix, density, height and leaf shape in order to find the most effective solution to reduce the most harmful airborne pollutants around school playgrounds.