Local Authorities

]Local authorities are Groundwork North Northamptonshire’s most important group of partners. We work closely with local authorities across the area to help them shape their places and improve local quality of life.

We can work with you to develop bespoke projects that deliver for local people and for your targets. We help local people to access services and enable local authorities to link with the community and inspire sustainable and relevant projects. Our projects range from relatively straightforward contract work, to entrepreneurial, experimental, risk taking projects that are innovative and creative and that solve problems.

We work in partnership with local authorities on most of our major projects including our Kettering Voluntary Network, which is funded by Kettering Borough Council and Northampton County Council, and supports voluntary and community groups.

Many local authorities are legal members of Groundwork Trusts and we sit on LSPs and other local structures around the UK. We have a shared understanding of the local area and local priorities, which gives us a head start in creating initiatives that will really work on the ground - and meet crucial local targets.

Our work includes

• Employment and skills
• Community work
• Improving open spaces
• Youth development
• Greener living and working

• Climate Change

  

  How are you moving towards a low carbon economy?

• Employability

  

  We help people move on a journey back towards employment.

• Consultation and Engagment

  

  We seek to harness a crucial catalyst for change: community pride.