The Ground Work Trust :: Papers

The Ground Work conceive The first Groundwork Trust was accomplished 21 categorys ago on Merseyside. Seventeen years later, there are 44 independent Groundwork companies all over England, Wales and Northern Ireland, to each one with charitable objectives to bring social and economic regeneration into areas of need. The Groundwork approach has also been adopted in Japan and the USA where the National Park gain is supporting a growing number of Trusts. Groundworks purpose is to build sustainable communities through joint environmental action. They do this by getting residents, businesses and different local organisations involved in practical projects that improve the quality of life, bring about regeneration and lay the foundations for sustainable development . The Projects of the Ground Work Trust aim to improve things in three ways - creating opportunities for people to learn new skills and take local action - creating better, safer and hea lthier neighbourhoods - helping businesses and individuals fulfill their authorisation The Groundwork Trust recognises that people, places Photo - Communitiesand (www.Groundwork.org.uk ) prosperity are inextricably linked and so aims to design projects that bring benefits for all three at once. They believe this combine approach is vital if we are to bring about sustainable development - meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs In 2000-2001 Groundwork spent 76 one million million on practical regeneration projects. We received money from the following sources * UKGovernment and national assemblies* - 14.2 million (18%) * Private sector - 16.5 million (22%) * Local authorities - 13.3 million (17%) * European Union - 10.7 million (14%) * National Lottery - 6.2 million (8%) * Other regeneration funding (RDAs, SRB etc) - 16.3 million (21%) Last year Groundwork receiv ed a central grant of 7.7 million from the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR). The money was spent as follows * Physical environmental improvements - 44 million (58%)