What we provide
We combine local knowledge with national reach.
Community Services
We help people come together to change the places where they live for the better and to develop their skills, build their confidence and make new friendships.
Life Skills and Employment
We develop tailored local initiatives with employers, schools and colleges to help people improve their prospects and also run major employment support initiatives on behalf of local and national government.
Supporting Young People
We work with young people in and out of schools to encourage them to learn, to help them develop as people and to have inspirational experiences that they will remember for life.
Corporate Responsibility
We help businesses put their corporate responsibility strategies into action by connecting them with communities and helping them build social value into their services.
Grant Management
We provide grant management services to national and local government, public sector agencies, corporate partners and charitable trusts.
Energy, Water and Waste
We help people to reduce their use of resources to save them money – and become part of the movement battling the climate crisis.
Sustainable Business
We help businesses and organisations of all shapes and sizes cut their costs, rise to the challenge of reducing their carbon impact and be more efficient and resilient.
Landscape Services
We help groups, organisations, businesses and landowners create and develop landscapes and green spaces that boost wellbeing, increase resilience and bring a bit of happiness and joy to those that use them.
Sectors we’ve worked in
About us
Groundwork
Groundwork takes practical action to create a fair and green future in which people, places, and nature thrive.
We support local communities and businesses to build capacity and resilience as this is vital if we are to tackle hardship, achieve a just transition to net-zero and help nature recover in a way that reduces inequality and leads to better work and healthier, happier lives.
Our Social Mission
We take practical action to create a fair and green future in which people, places, and nature thrive.
Groundwork is a federation of independent charities, called Groundwork Trusts, working under a common brand to a single federation strategy. A national organisation, Groundwork UK, supports the activities of Groundwork Trusts by running programmes, initiatives and campaigns that generate national resources for local delivery and support improvements in quality and impact.
We support local communities and businesses to build capacity and resilience as this is vital if we are to tackle hardship, achieve a just transition to net-zero and help nature recover in a way that reduces inequality and leads to better work and healthier, happier lives.
What this means in practice is: helping people get jobs and supporting the growth of the green economy; reducing the waste of energy, food and water; creating and maintaining biodiverse, accessible green spaces; supporting businesses to be more successful and responsible; and empowering communities to take action to improve their health and wellbeing and the local and global environment.
The way we work:
- connects people with each other, with opportunity and with nature
- builds knowledge and confidence so that people feel more in control of their future
- delivers social, economic and environmental outcomes in an integrated way.