Our aims and objectives, impact on the ground and how we operate as a federation of charities.
The main themes of our work and some of our most important initiatives.
What we can do for the wide range of people and organisations that we work with.
Find out the latest about how we're changing places and lives.
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We work with people to help them improve where they live and their quality of life. We them have meaningful involvement in the development of their area.
Our teams of specialists are experienced in getting people to speak out, taking on-board their views and translating these into positive changes.
We also develop projects that bring people together from different backgrounds and age groups – reducing conflict and boosting neighbourliness. And we help people adopt healthier lifestyles by becoming more active or being involved in food growing.
Location: London Our New Horizons programme is providing young ex-offenders aged between 16 and 25 years old with voluntary work experience and routes back into sustainable training and employment.
Location: Hanwell, London The Playscape approach illustrates how the entire landscape can offer play value rather than simply relying on springy chickens,rubber impact surfacing and bow top fencing.
Location: Islington Green Behaviours involved thousands of residents on Islington’s social housing estates in making their lives more sustainable.
Location: Larkhall, London This project helped residents of Stewarts Road, Larkhall to deliver sustainable Healthy Lifestyle Projects for young people and children in the area.
Location: London The Green Team is a practical training programme that provides support for local unemployed people looking to get back into work.
Location: Lambeth Groundwork London worked with the Friends of Kennington Park and Borough of Lambeth to design and implement an innovative nature and history trail for Kennington Park.
Location: Hammersmith, London The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Groundwork London are behind a remarkable garden - developed from a sketch on a paper napkin into a living, breathing oasis of green in a heavily built up urban area.
Location: Westminster Groundwork London were commissioned to create a new Nature Area in Paddington Recreation Ground by Westminster City Council as part of their Capital Programme with the aim of addressing an identified deficiency in access to wildlife in the local area, highlighted in the London Plan and WCC’s Unitary Development Plan (UDP), Open Space Strategy and Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP).
Location: Ealing Windmill Park Play Project began with a need to utilise under-used green spaces on the Windmill Park Estate and provide play provision for the estate’s younger people.
Location: West London The Future Footprints project works with young people aged 16 to 25 years in deprived neighbourhoods in Hammersmith and Fulham, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to become advocates for action on climate change.
