Groundwork UK is an

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in the

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. It is based in Birmingham and is a

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under English law.

History

In 1980, the

Countryside Commission The Countryside Commission (formally the Countryside Commission for England and Wales, then the Countryside Commission for England) was a statutory body in England and Wales, and later in England only. Its forerunner, the National Parks Commissi ...

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

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of individual Groundwork Trusts.

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

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, 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

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and

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. Groundwork UK does not have any local trusts in

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

, but it works with Scottish charities and agencies. Groundwork is one of the steering group partners of Neighbourhoods Green, a partnership initiative that works with social landlords and housing associations to highlight the importance of, and raise the overall quality of design and management for, open and green space in social housing.

Groundwork Trusts in the UK

*North West: Bury; Cheshire; Lancashire West & Wigan (created by merger 2015); Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Tameside & Trafford (created by merger July 2008); Merseyside; Oldham & Rochdale; Pennine Lancashire. *Groundwork North East & Cumbria: Covering - County Durham, Northumberland, Middlesbrough, Stockton-On-Tees, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool, Darlington, Sunderland and Cumbria. *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; Bedfordshire; Essex; Cambridgeshire; Suffolk; Norfolk. *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; Merton; North London; Southwark and Lambeth; South East London; Thames Valley; West London.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Groundwork Uk Environmental organisations based in the United Kingdom 1981 establishments in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 1981 Charities based in Birmingham, West Midlands

History

Priorities

Groundwork Trusts in the UK

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