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24/11/2009
Local authorities are Groundwork Derby & Derbyshire’s most important partners. We work closely with six local authorities across the area to help them shape their areas and improve local quality of life.
As an independent organisation, we are able to access funding that councils cannot. We are also able to bring expertise and experience to projects that councils may not have themselves.
Often we will act a as an 'honest broker' between councils and communities - finding out the needs of local people and helping to deliver various high quality programmes and community-led schemes.
We can work with you to develop bespoke projects that deliver for local people and for your targets. Our projects range from relatively straightforward contract work, to entrepreneurial, experimental, risk taking projects that are innovative and creative and that solve problems.
Our work includes:
In the areas in which we work, helping to meet Local Area Agreement (LAA) targets is one of the main drivers of our activity, click here to find out more.