Groundwork UK
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Groundwork UK is an environmental organisation in the United Kingdom
.
launched an initiative known as UFEX80. This was re-branded as "Operation Groundwork" in 1981, and the first Groundwork Trust came into being at St. Helens and Knowsley
that year. The organisation has been known as Groundwork UK since then, within a federation
of individual Groundwork Trusts, and led by the Groundwork Foundation.
, to combat climate change
, to provide young people with something to do, and to tackle unemployment.
It works locally, regionally and nationally, through public, private and voluntary partnerships in England
, Wales
and Northern Ireland
.
Groundwork UK does not have any local Trusts in Scotland, but it works with Scottish charities and agencies.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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History
In 1980, the Countryside CommissionCountryside Commission
The Countryside Commission was a statutory body in England and Wales, and later in England only...
launched an initiative known as UFEX80. This was re-branded as "Operation Groundwork" in 1981, and the first Groundwork Trust came into being at St. Helens and Knowsley
Knowsley
-Places:in England*Knowsley, Merseyside, a village.**Knowsley Safari Park*Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, a local government district of Merseyside.*Knowsley Safari Park, a zoological tourist attraction....
that year. The organisation has been known as Groundwork UK since then, within a federation
Federation
A federation , also known as a federal state, is a type of sovereign state characterized by a union of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central government...
of individual Groundwork Trusts, and led by the Groundwork Foundation.
Priorities
Groundwork UK aims to improve the quality of life throughout the UK. Its priorities are people, places and prosperity, and it aims to build safer and stronger communities, to promote health and well-being, to support local economies, to promote environmental sustainabilitySustainability
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...
, to combat climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
, to provide young people with something to do, and to tackle unemployment.
It works locally, regionally and nationally, through public, private and voluntary partnerships in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
.
Groundwork UK does not have any local Trusts in Scotland, but it works with Scottish charities and agencies.
Groundwork Trusts in the UK
- North West: Bury; Cheshire; Lancashire West & Wigan; Manchester,Salford,Stockport,Tameside & Trafford (created by merger July 2008); Merseyside; Oldham & Rochdale; Pennine Lancashire.
- North East: County Durham; Northumberland; South Tees; South Tyneside & Newcastle; Darlington; Tyne & Wear
- Northern Ireland.
- Yorkshire & The Humber: Creswell, Ashfield & Mansfield; Dearne Valley; Leeds; Selby; Sheffield; Wakefield.
- East Midlands: Newark & Sherwood; Creswell, Ashfield & Mansfield; Derby & Derbyshire; Greater Nottingham; Leicester & Leicestershire; Lincolnshire; North Northamptonshire.
- West Midlands: Birmingham & Solihull; Black Country; Coventry & Warwickshire; Stoke-on-Trent.
- Wales: Bridgend & Neath Port Talbot; Caerphilly; Merthyr & Rhondda Cynon Taff; Wrexham & Flintshire.
- East of England: Hertfordshire; Luton & South Bedfordshire; South Essex.
- South West: Devon & Cornwall; Bristol; Dorset; Gloucestshire; Somerset; Wiltshire; Bath & North East Somerset; South Gloucestershire.
- South East: Thames Valley; Kent & Medway; Solent.
- London: East London; Meton; North London; Southwark and Lambeth; South East London; Thames Valley; West London.
See also
- Groundwork Kent & MedwayGroundwork Kent & MedwayGroundwork Kent & Medway is an environmental charity operating in Kent, and Medway in the UK. It helps build sustainable communities in areas of need through joint environmental action...
- Groundwork Thames ValleyGroundwork Thames ValleyGroundwork Thames Valley is a branch of Groundwork UK, which is an independent local charity that works to improve the quality of the local environment and the lives of local people.-Projects:...
- Groundwork Hertfordshire
- Groundwork Birmingham & Solihull
- Groundwork South Essex
- Groundwork Leicester & Leicestershire
- Groundwork West Midlands
- Groundwork Creswell, Ashfield & Mansfield
External links
- Groundwork UK
- Website of Groundwork Leicester & Leicestershire
- Website of Groundwork East of England
- Website of Groundwork Hertfordshire
- Website of Groundwork Luton & South Bedfordshire
- Website of Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale
- Website of Groundwork South Essex
- Website of Groundwork London
- Website of Groundwork West Midlands
- Website of Groundwork Pennine Lancashire