Groundwork Cheshire, Lancashire & Merseyside

Who we are

Groundwork is a charity working locally and nationally to transform lives in the UK’s most disadvantaged communities. 

Groundwork CLM is one of 15 Groundwork Trusts across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Last year we carried out over 70 diverse projects each year. Projects that tackle climate change and help people out of fuel poverty. Projects that bring out the best in young people by helping them to improve their local area. Projects that build stronger communities by improving green space or creating jobs.

Last year, this contributed to the following outputs and outcomes: 

- More than 1900 community organisations and businesses supported 

- Over 3,700  young people supported to learn and achieve  

- Around 800 volunteers engaged 

- Over 110,000 m2 of land either improved or managed and over 1500 trees planted 

- Over 250,000 benefitting from public spaces we’ve improved  

- 1,600 people helped to reduce domestic energy use, water use & waste sent to landfill

Our culture and values

Professional.
We are professional in our performance.
- hard working, efficient & effective
- ensuring all of our resources are used to maximise the impact of our work.

Leadership.
We provide leadership and positive energy focused on helping communities to develop solutions. 

Integrity.
We demonstrate the highest levels of integrity within our work.
- striving to build genuine partnerships that are commited to places for the long term.

Making an Impact.
We are driven to make a difference to our communities.
- we effect genuine change and we can demonstate the impact of our work. 

Compassion.
We take a person-centred approach that delivers compassionate support to those members of our community in need of our help. 

Knowledge.
We are knowledgeable in our field of expertise and use our creativity to develop new and innovative approaches to tackling difficult community problems.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

We are fully committed to eliminating discrimination and promoting equality and diversity in our workforce and employment practices, in the work we undertake, and in the provision of all our services. 
We value diversity and flexibility in our workforce as we think it gives us access to a wider range of skills. We therefore strive to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that decisions concerning recruitment, promotion or any other aspect of employment will be based on the needs of the organisation and not any assumptions based on sex, race, age, disability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, married or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief (these are known as ‘protected characteristics’). 
This is an important commitment, which all employees are expected to share.