GROUNDWORK YORKSHIRE LIMITED

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Go Wild Morley
£22,000	12/02/2024 8	All staff who facilitate Go Wild Healthy Holidays are fully enhanced DBS checked and have attended appropriate safeguarding for children & vulnerable adults training. It is a requirement of the role that Each individual is given a copy of ....more All staff who facilitate Go Wild Healthy Holidays are fully enhanced DBS checked and have attended appropriate safeguarding for children & vulnerable adults training. It is a requirement of the role that Each individual is given a copy of Groundworks Safeguarding policy to read and familiarise themselves with. Each staff member understands that safeguarding is the responsibility of everyone and not just the person leading the session and any signs or causes for concern must be reported in the first instance to the session leader who will then inform the Safe guarding officer. A written report of any concerns or information disclosed will be passed on to the safeguarding officer who will ensure that the correct procedures are followed up and reported accordingly. All communities team staff are required to attend refresher training every 2 years and Groundwork safeguarding policy is reviewed annually by the senior management and safeguarding officers.
Leeds Community Foundation - Go Wild Ardsley & Lofthouse
£22,000	12/02/2024 8	All staff who facilitate Go Wild Healthy Holidays are fully enhanced DBS checked and have attended appropriate safeguarding for children & vulnerable adults training. It is a requirement of the role that Each individual is given a copy of ....more All staff who facilitate Go Wild Healthy Holidays are fully enhanced DBS checked and have attended appropriate safeguarding for children & vulnerable adults training. It is a requirement of the role that Each individual is given a copy of Groundworks Safeguarding policy to read and familiarise themselves with. Each staff member understands that safeguarding is the responsibility of everyone and not just the person leading the session and any signs or causes for concern must be reported in the first instance to the session leader who will then inform the Safe guarding officer. A written report of any concerns or information disclosed will be passed on to the safeguarding officer who will ensure that the correct procedures are followed up and reported accordingly. All communities team staff are required to attend refresher training every 2 years and Groundwork safeguarding is reviewed annually by the senior management and safeguarding officers.
Leeds Community Foundation - Go Wild Rothwell
£22,000	12/02/2024 8	All staff who facilitate Go Wild Healthy Holidays are fully enhanced DBS checked and have attended appropriate safeguarding for children & vulnerable adults training. It is a requirement of the role that each individual is given a copy of ....more All staff who facilitate Go Wild Healthy Holidays are fully enhanced DBS checked and have attended appropriate safeguarding for children & vulnerable adults training. It is a requirement of the role that each individual is given a copy of Groundwork's Safeguarding policy to read and familiarise themselves with. Each staff member understands that safeguarding is the responsibility of everyone and not just the person leading the session and any signs or causes for concern must be reported in the first instance to the session leader who will then inform the Safe Guarding officer. A written report of any concerns or information disclosed will be passed on to the safeguarding officer who will ensure that the correct procedures are followed up and reported accordingly. All communities team staff are required to attend refresher training every 2 years and Groundwork safeguarding is reviewed annually by the senior management and safeguarding officers.
National Lottery Community Fund - MH Morley Youth Sessions
£10,000	04/08/2023	The funding will be used to deliver a 4 week programme of youth led activities for young people. The project aims to engage in positive activities develop skills and build stronger relationships with the wider community while providing opportunities ....more The funding will be used to deliver a 4 week programme of youth led activities for young people. The project aims to engage in positive activities develop skills and build stronger relationships with the wider community while providing opportunities to share thoughts and opinions on living in the local area identify triggers and prejudices faced by young people.
Leeds Community Foundation - Go Wild - Healthy Holidays
£20,000	03/02/2023	Grant to Groundwork Yorkshire
Leeds Community Foundation - Go Wild
£20,000	03/02/2023	Grant to Groundwork Yorkshire
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork Yorkshire Limited
£9,330	07/12/2022	Queer Heritage activity sessions
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Cooking on a Budget
£5,000	30/06/2022	Funding for staff, seeds, equipment to deliver two six-week blocks of cooking and eating sessions in schools, in a very deprived area of West Yorkshire.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW 0697-CF1817-Improving Yorkshire's Industrial Estates, 2122 - 15k, 2223 - 7k
£5,556	01/04/2022	Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW 0697-CF1833-Improving Yorkshire's Industrial Estates, 2122 - 15k, 2223 -10k
£4,408	01/04/2022	Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Leeds Community Foundation - Go Wild
£20,000	24/02/2022 9	Healthy Holidays Go Wild programme will consist of themed activities such as sports, trips and exploring, healthy eating and cooking.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Groundwork Yorkshire
£4,405	13/07/2021	Our project is to rejuvenate the existing clapped out and very uninviting Hill Top Playground at the Beckhills Estate in the Miles Hill area of Leeds, by removing the existing life-expired play equipment and safety surfacing and installing modern ....more Our project is to rejuvenate the existing clapped out and very uninviting Hill Top Playground at the Beckhills Estate in the Miles Hill area of Leeds, by removing the existing life-expired play equipment and safety surfacing and installing modern and exciting play equipment, plus some informal play features.
DCMS - GRCF2021 Hulls Dynamic Drains
£125,000	21/06/2021	The Dynamic Drains project will create green jobs and engage the public in a programme of activities that will connect people with local open spaces within the city of Hull, whilst also enhancing green-blue environments through positive management ....more The Dynamic Drains project will create green jobs and engage the public in a programme of activities that will connect people with local open spaces within the city of Hull, whilst also enhancing green-blue environments through positive management interventions.Central to the programme is the creation of a Green Team that will employ local people to work over an 18 month period on a breadth of landscaping and environmental management tasks (9 jobs created). These tasks will be anchored around an existing partnership agreement with the Environment Agency and Hull City Council to deliver of programme of works along a 3.5 mile stretch of the Beverley and Barmston Drain, which runs into the heart of the City.Additional works are planned to improve the biodiversity of Springhead Park (40 ha), delivering works focussed on the network of ponds and ditches that run across the site, as recommended by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and also on the HCC owned Strensall Road space (0.27ha) where a shallow swale and accessible parkland has been designed, creating new wildflower and woodland habitats for local residents.Permissions and partnerships exist for all three sites and the programme is ready to start.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0697-CF1408 - Improving Yorkshire's Industrial Estates, 2122 - 15k, 2223 - 7k
£11,024	01/04/2021	Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0697-CF1318 - Improving Yorkshire's Industrial Estates, 2122 - 15k, 2223 - 7k
£3,928	01/04/2021	Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£10,000	03/06/2020	Funding to bring in an additional employment support worker to help with the increase in demand for their services as a result of coronavirus.
National Lottery Community Fund - Springhead Covid 19 homecooked meal delivery service
£8,000	07/05/2020 12	The funding will be used to meet the increasing demand to produce and deliver home cooked meals for vulnerable people living in self-isolation. Linking with homecare services and other agencies volunteers are delivering meals to people who may not ....more The funding will be used to meet the increasing demand to produce and deliver home cooked meals for vulnerable people living in self-isolation. Linking with homecare services and other agencies volunteers are delivering meals to people who may not have the resources or ability to cook for themselves ensuring they continue to eat healthy-nutritious-meals. The service is available by phone social-media or referable by a relative or agency with demand for the service reaching over 100 people daily.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£1,000	08/04/2020	Covid-19. Funding toward delivery costs to deliver free meals to elderly residents.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Groundwork Wakefield
£9,000	21/05/2019 12	'Go wild' summer play club delivers structured and semi structured play opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people in in Bramley, Seacroft and Little Horton, to reduce isolation, promote a healthy lifestyle and tackle holiday hunger.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Groundwork Yorkshire
£80,400	24/07/2018 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the Men in Sheds project using woodworking to support vulnerable older men in Leeds.
Leeds Community Foundation - Wyke Beck Rangers
£2,500	16/03/2018 4	Groundwork will be running an Urban Rangers project over the 2018 summer holidays in the Wyke Beck Valley. The project is aimed at working with young people entitled to free school means to make local environmental improvements and run activity ....more Groundwork will be running an Urban Rangers project over the 2018 summer holidays in the Wyke Beck Valley. The project is aimed at working with young people entitled to free school means to make local environmental improvements and run activity sessions over the summer holidays.
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing St Andrews
£276,870	10/03/2017 36	The group aims to transform derelict open spaces, reduce litter and fly-tipping and help people make their money go further. The project will strengthen community ties in an extremely deprived and ethnically diverse area by bringing about a positive ....more The group aims to transform derelict open spaces, reduce litter and fly-tipping and help people make their money go further. The project will strengthen community ties in an extremely deprived and ethnically diverse area by bringing about a positive change through environmental improvements and community development.
Power to Change - Groundwork Wakefield
£88,000	25/09/2015 36	Grant to Groundwork Wakefield
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork Wakefield
£80,000	13/11/2013	Kirkgate Calling

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Trustees (12)

Legal constitution

• Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/02/1988, number: 519846
• Registered at Companies House on 04/12/1987, number: 02202681

Gift Aid

• NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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Filing Record

Main office

GROUNDWORK YORKSHIRE
ENVIRONMENT & BUSINESS CENTRE
MERLYN-REES AVENUE
MORLEY
LEEDS
LS27 9SL

Objectives

The objects of the Company are: 2.1 To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in the Area. 2.2 To provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for those living in or working in or resorting to the Area. 2.3 To advance public education in environmental matters and of the ways of better conserving, protecting and improving the same wheresoever. 2.4 To promote for the public benefit, urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation within the Area by all or any of the following means: 2.4.1 the relief of poverty in such ways as may be thought fit; 2.4.2 the relief of unemployment in such ways as may be thought fit including assistance to find employment; 2.4.3 the advancement of education, training or re-training particularly amongst unemployed people and providing unemployed people with work experience; 2.4.4 the provision of financial assistance, technical assistance, business advice or consultancy in order to provide training and employment opportunities for unemployed people in cases of financial or other charitable need through help: (a) in setting up their own businesses; or (b) to existing businesses; 2.4.5 the creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of work space, buildings and/or land for use on favourable terms; 2.4.6 the provision of housing for those who are in conditions of need and the improvement of housing in the public sector or in charitable ownership provided that such power shall not extend to relieving any local authorities or other bodies of a statutory duty to provide or improve housing; 2.4.7 the maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenities, including the provision of routeways such as footpaths and cycleways and access to main transport routes; 2.4.8 the preservation of buildings or sites of historic or architectural importance; 2.4.9 the provision or assistance in the provision of recreational facilities for the public at large and/or those who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilities; 2.4.10 the protection or conservation of the environment, including the reclamation of derelict land for use as open space; 2.4.11 the provision of public health facilities and childcare, including the provision of schemes to promote healthier lifestyles and crèche facilities to increase the ability of parents to take up employment; 2.4.12 the promotion of public safety and prevention of crime, including the alleviation of anti-social behaviour; 2.4.13 such other means as may from time to time be determined subject to the prior written consent of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales. 2.5 To promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public within the Area by: 2.5.1 the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources; 2.5.2 the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and disadvantaged communities; 2.5.3 the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration. 2.6 To advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment and to promote study and research in such subjects provided that the useful results of such study are disseminated to the public at large. Sustainable development in this Article and in Article 2.5 above means “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” 2.7 To promote the efficiency and effectiveness of charities within the Area in the direct furtherance of their objects (or any one of them) by the provision of information, advice and assistance in the establishment, administration and management of such charities including assistance of all types in connection with the raising and distribution of funds. 2.8 To promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the voluntary sector for the benefit of the public by the provision of information, support and advice to local community based groups anywhere in the Area.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA.