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BLOG – A Just Transition Needs Just Jobs: Protecting Retrofit Careers at the Frontline
The need for Retrofit Jobs & Careers As Greater Manchester moves forward with its ambitious Housing Strategy for 2025-2035, we’re entering a crucial moment for the region’s transition to a greener, fairer future. The vision is clear: warmer, more energy-efficient homes; lower carbon emissions; and local jobs that create real social value. Already, more than
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BLOG – Green Careers Week: Creating Pathways to a Greener Future
At Groundwork Greater Manchester, one of our core goals as a charity is to help people improve their life chances, and one of the most powerful ways we do this is through training and employment. As part of our 2023-2026 strategy, we committed to expanding our green skills provision, building on our existing activities. Our
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BLOG – Youth Unemployment: Stories from the Front Line
Youth unemployment has made headlines this month, with all the major political parties discussing the issue at their annual conferences as the challenge becomes too big to ignore. As a charity that has supported young people into employment for over 30 years, we’ve created this blog to share our observations, experiences, and recommendations. “When workplaces
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NEWS – Groundwork Showcases Innovative Employment & Wellbeing Approaches at Salford CVS Live Well Event
Our Strategic Lead for Employment & Wellbeing, Liane Kirk, presented at the recent Salford CVS annual conference on Tuesday 21st October 2025 which asked the question, “What would it take for everyone in Salford to Live Well?” Liane provided some background about the Get Britain Working White Paper which sets out the UK Government’s ambition
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BLOG – What Awaab’s Law means for Landlords, Tenants and Support Services
Introduction As of the 27th October 2025, Awaab’s Law comes into force for the social rented sector in England, brought into effect following the tragic death of Awaab Ishak, a two-year old boy who died in 2020 due to prolonged exposure to mould, which led to him developing a severe respiratory condition. This new law
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NEWS – Stockport Residents Connect at Groundwork’s One Stop Shop Event
A One Stop Shop event took place at the Groundwork Centre on Princes Street in Stockport on the morning of 21 October 2025. The event invited local residents to explore the various services available through the Support to Succeed programme, which aims to reduce social isolation, improve wellbeing, and develop skills. Groundwork’s team of wellbeing
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NEWS – Garden design wins award
Groundwork Greater Manchester and Richard Clark, our Senior Landscape Architect, won an award for the design of Stepping Hill Hospital’s outdoor space. Fantastic care and dedication in local NHS services were celebrated as Stockport NHS Foundation Trust held its annual Making A Difference awards on the evening of Friday 10th October. The event was at Stockport
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STATEMENT – Our Response to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester
As members of the Greater Manchester VCFSE Leadership Group and as a charity working within the Crumpsall community, we are in full support of the statement issued today by the leadership group following the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester. We are deeply shocked and saddened by yesterday’s violent attack on Heaton
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NEWS – Introducing Groundwork Greater Manchester’s Community-Led Nature Stewardship Package
Friday 5th September 2025 marks the launch of the Greater Manchester Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS); a ten-year plan to restore, protect and connect habitats, making nature part of how the city region grows and develops. As part of the launch, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority will host a round table event with Mayor Andy
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BLOG – Natural spaces as Live Well spaces: The role of Green Community Hubs
The Live Well movement is reshaping how Greater Manchester supports health and wellbeing. Its ambition is to focus more on prevention, by creating centres and spaces where people can find support, connection, and opportunity. At Groundwork Greater Manchester, we believe natural spaces are essential to this vision, and that Green Community Hubs show how they…
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NEWS – Groundwork Launches ISEP Pathways to Net Zero Training
Groundwork is thrilled to announce the launch of its expert-led, in-person ISEP Pathways to Net Zero training, specially crafted to empower organisational leaders and managers with accredited sustainability strategies that effectively drive Net Zero ambitions. Groundwork’s sustainability consultants will be delivering the two-day accredited ISEP Pathways to Net Zero course in-person in three UK location
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BLOG – Retrofitting Homes to be More Resilient for Extreme Weather Events
Page contents A Climate Turning Point On 14 July 2025, the Met Office released its annual climate stocktake, which confirmed that extremes of heat and rainfall in the UK are ‘becoming the norm’. It showed average UK temperatures have been rising around 0.25 °C per decade since the 1980s, with both record heat and floods increasing