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GroundPlace

Changing places · changing lives

A fair and green future where people, places and nature thrive

GroundPlace takes practical action with communities and businesses to tackle hardship, support a just transition to net zero, and help nature recover — building the skills, opportunity and resilience that lead to healthier, happier lives.

Registered charity number 291558

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Our Trusts support communities and create a green future right across the UK. Find out how we're changing places and lives where you are.

15 Trusts

delivering across the UK

The change we deliver

Four decades of building partnerships for people and planet

We work with people facing multiple challenges, in places lacking opportunity and increasingly exposed to extreme weather. We make a difference in three connected ways.

We help people create better places

Making neighbourhoods greener, healthier and more resilient — and bringing people together to shape the change that happens on their own doorstep.

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We help people improve their prospects

Building confidence, skills, wellbeing and employability, and helping people who are out of work find good jobs in the growing green economy.

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We help people protect the planet

Supporting households and businesses to cut waste, lower their carbon footprint and take practical action on the climate and nature emergencies.

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Our story

40 years of impact

1981

A neglected, forgotten plot of land

Roots take hold — the community digs in

A thriving green space for everyone

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There's a way for everyone to get involved

Whether you want a grant to make a community project real, a partner to help you change lives, or a few hours to give back — GroundPlace can help you do something special.

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Work alongside GroundPlace to deliver lasting change in communities and reach your own social and environmental goals.

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Apply for a grant

Turn a community project into reality with funding and practical support from our grant programmes.

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Volunteer

Give a few hours to a cause close to home and help create greener, stronger neighbourhoods.

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Our impact

Real change, measured in communities

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