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NEWS – Young Women in Stockport Arrange Football Tournament To Drive Forward Change
A group of ten young women, aged between 11 and 16 are hosting a 5-aside football tournament on Sunday 17th September at Adswood Park in Stockport. The tournament has been developed as part of a Home Office funded project “Safer Streets” . This social action programme, coordinated by local charity Groundwork and supported by Stockport…
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NEWS – New Grant Allows Groundwork To Connect More Young People With Nature
Groundwork Greater Manchester has benefited from a grant from UK educational charity The Ernest Cook Trust which will help get more young people outdoors. The environmental and communities’ charity has been awarded the grant to help fund a new Outdoor Learning Officer role in the local trust. Appointed in July, Janine Neville is the charities…
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BLOG – A Week In The Life Of A Green Doctor
This month, we caught up with Alan, a Green Doctor here at Groundwork, to see what he gets up to in a typical week! What is your role? As a Green Doctor I go into people’s homes, all prearranged – not cold calling, and advise them on energy saving measures and how to make their…
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NEWS – Innovative Project To Help People With Health Needs Back Into Work
Do you understand the importance of work and the vital role it can play in the lives of those with heath conditions or disabilities? Do you take pride in what you do and can you think creatively about how different organisations can work together to deliver a better service? Are you happy to talk with…
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NEWS – The Greater Manchester Green Summit is back!
Registration is now open for this year’s Greater Manchester Green Summit, taking place on Monday 2nd October at The Lowry, Salford Quays. The summit will provide a first look at the ambitions and challenges included within the upcoming Five-Year Environment Plan for Greater Manchester 2024 – 2029, with an additional focus on understanding the behaviours…
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BLOG – A Week In The Life Of A Senior Community Project Lead
This month, we caught up with Amy, a Senior Community Project Lead here at Groundwork, to see what she gets up to in a typical week! What is your role? As a Senior Community Project Lead my role focuses on bringing people together to carry out positive action to help people, places and communities flourish.…
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BLOG – How To Create Climate & Nature Friendly Gardens At Home
Groundwork’s Landscape Designers regularly work with local councils and housing providers to make public spaces more resilient to the effects of climate change and more diverse for plants and wildlife, but what can you do in your own home garden? In this blog, Lucy Stowell-Smith, Natural Environment Lead at Groundwork Greater Manchester shares some top…
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BLOG – Why do we need Green Community Hubs?
We want to empower more communities to develop Green Community Hubs in their neighbourhoods, and are actively working in several locations providing to support to communities who have requested it. By doing so we aspire to see more communities in Greater Manchester: What does Groundwork do? Communities have lots of skills, knowledge and resources but…
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NEWS – West Gorton’s New Sensory Garden
On Saturday 10th June, the Friends of West Gorton Community Park officially opened their new sensory garden. After 6 months of planning, the day had finally arrived and the sun shone as over 50 people came to the park to join in a special celebration complete with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, speeches, tours, and refreshments. The Lord Mayor…
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BLOG – A Week In The Life Of An Urban Ranger
This month, we caught up with one of our Urban Ranger’s Finn about what he gets up to in a typical week at Groundwork! What is your role? I work as an Urban Ranger at Groundwork Greater Manchester! My role mainly consists of delivering environmental projects and nature based solutions for groups and partners (like…
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NEWS – Groundwork Joins Greater Manchester Green Futures Partnership
Greater Manchester Green Futures is a partnership of social enterprises working together to create inclusive and sustainable green skills training and employment opportunities across Greater Manchester, supporting the city region’s aim of becoming carbon neutral by 2038. The network of training organisations offer a range of training courses and skills pathways across all of the…
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BLOG – The Rochdale Greenspace Given A Second Chance
The deciding component in what makes a fantastic community space are the outcomes that surface from it, rather than the actual space itself. In Kirkholt, community feedback from our latest project at Rhodes Ravine speaks volumes for the newly transformed green-space, something local residents had spent years calling out for and was made possible by…