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BLOG – What We’ve Learnt From Delivering Youth Climate Action
This is a blog written by Groundwork Greater Manchester’s youth team with support from Dr Benjamin Bowman at Manchester Centre for Youth Studies and Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as young people living in Manchester. It is part of a series of blogs discussing youth and climate action. You may also be interested in reading the…
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BLOG – Top Tips For Delivering Youth Climate Action Projects
This is a blog written by Groundwork Greater Manchester’s youth team with support from Dr Benjamin Bowman at Manchester Metropolitan University and young people living in Manchester. It is part of a series of blogs discussing youth and climate action. You may also be interested in reading the other articles here: In this blog we’ve…
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BLOG – Celebrating diversity: BASE Community Benefit Society
In this blog, we spoke to Hanif Alli, the Chief Officer of BASE Community Benefit Society, about what the organisation is doing to promote communities of colour around Greater Manchester. What inspired the creation of BASE? Originally, it was research carried out by GMCVO and others that highlighted the need for an eco-system of support…
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BLOG – Digging For Victory: Veterans in our Community
In honour of Remembrance Day, we’re shining a light on how local food growing projects are supporting veterans in Greater Manchester to eat and live well. Supporting Veterans Although most veterans find life outside of the armed forces easy to adjust to, for some it can be more challenging. Some veterans struggle with the transition…
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BLOG – Introducing Manchester Climate Change’s Youth Board
Introduction Established in 2017 by Manchester Climate Change Agency, Manchester Climate Change’s Youth Board aims to give the young people of Manchester an equal voice in decision making on climate change policy. The youth board is a platform for youth-led, meaningful climate action. In this blog we spoke to three people involved in the board…
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BLOG – How To Green Your Alleyway
Background Alleyways, Ginnels or Alleys – whatever you call them, these shared spaces are a staple feature in Greater Manchester’s landscape. Running behind rows of terraced houses, these corridors have been connecting neighbours for over 100 years. Here at Groundwork, we’ve been supporting communities to re-think these often-neglected spaces for over 20 years. Greening alleyways…
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GUEST BLOG – A Solar Powered Future for Greater Manchester
Dave Bailey, Director at Trust Renewables shares his knowledge about solar energy and what changes are needed as Greater Manchester looks ahead to its 2038 carbon-neutral target. The problem with energy today The production of energy is responsible for 87% of global greenhouse gas production. There is no doubt that our reliance on the burning…
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BLOG – Fuel Poverty 2022: Causes, Effects and Solutions
When winter hits, energy bills inevitably increase. For most people this normally means tightening the purse strings but in 2022, more so than ever before, it can mean the choice between putting the heating on and buying food. We talked to our Energyworks Manager, Andrew Pinches about the effects and causes of fuel poverty, as…
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BLOG – How Groundwork Provides Valuable Work Opportunities For People On Their Employment Programmes
In this post we explore how our commercial Landscaping service supports those furthest from the employment market in to sustainable, green employment. Background Groundwork are no stranger to providing training and employment courses for those who are unemployed. Since our initiation in the 1980’s Groundwork has supported thousands of people into employment and despite trends…
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BLOG – Can Growing Your Own Food Make A Difference?
For those seeking more ways to reduce their environmental impact, food growing is a great way to make a difference, even in winter. Despite the cold weather, many varieties of vegetables can be still be grown. Over 7 million people in the UK started to grow their own food for the first time during the…
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BLOG – Why We Need to Retrofit & Rethink Our Homes
As Britain enters a winter of soaring energy bills, an increasing number of people in the UK are struggling to keep their homes warm. The sector wide price surge has restricted people’s ability to ‘switch suppliers’ therefore a new focus is emerging, focusing instead at how our homes are constructed and insulated. This switch is…
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GUEST BLOG – Nature As A Healer
A blog by Rhoda Wilkinson, Nature and Wellbeing Manager at The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside A need for nature It’s felt increasingly true in recent years ‘that necessity is the mother of all invention’ and it’s often how we in the voluntary sector develop, responding to community need. The Wildlife Trust have for…