community awards Archives - Groundwork Community Awards

Where are they now? Groundwork Community awards Finalist 2018 – Thatto Heath Crusaders

Thatto Heath Crusaders is an amateur rugby league club situated in St Helens. Originally founded in 1981 the club has gone from strength to strength both on and off the field since being founded. Having a large social and intergenerational impact within a local community characterised by low employment and poverty. The club and its…Read More »

Where are they now? Groundwork Community Awards Finalists 2018 – Grow 73

Grow 73 is a community gardening group who were awarded charitable status for their work to bring the different generations together through shared gardening activities, environmental improvements and events. Grow 73 secured funding from Tesco’s Bags of Help to create a sculpture trail incorporating themes of art, heritage and environment ‘the Ruglen Ropewalk’ – a…Read More »

In villages, towns and cities across the UK people are coming together to do extraordinary things.

The Groundwork Community Awards honour those small groups making a big difference to the quality of life in their local area. We want to celebrate and reward groups who often get little recognition and support. We also want to spotlight the power of doing good together so that we can inspire others to organise and get active in their own communities.

Groundwork is a charity working to transform lives in the UK’s most disadvantaged communities.