Author: RachelE

 

We’re passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny, and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances.

Through our range of initiatives, we ensure everyone can access and enjoy green spaces, live a life filled with culture and creativity, and get the support they need to manage challenging times. Groundwork is here to make a positive difference to lives – to inspire individuals to strive for more and to empower communities to come together.

“If I’m feeling low, all I need is a bit of The Green Patch. This is an exceptional, special place and to be a part of this community is humbling and something I never want to give up”

 

Our projects include:

• Youth Work:We proudly support over 1,000 young people per year through a range of youth work initiatives, placing young people at the centre of our practice. We deliver a wide range of informal education projects that allow young people to explore their values, beliefs, ideas and issues, empowering them to overcome the challenges that they may face and achieve their full potential.
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• Children & Families Work: We offer purposeful projects for younger children and their families through a range of target-based projects to offer emotional and practical support to them, encouraging family learning. This can take place outdoors, empowering parents to play confidently with their children or indoors delivering cooking classes, helping families to overcome the struggles they face in a practical and supportive manner.
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• Green Projects: We connect people with their local green spaces, supporting and enabling them to help and improve those spaces, providing an asset for all to enjoy. We work on a variety of high quality green projects, including environmental and land-based work, whilst developing new concepts amongst the communities they are placed in.
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• Community Development: We believe that communities matter and work with people in their local communities to bring them together and strengthen their voice. We work to bring positive change and improve quality of lives in local areas. Our work to provide infrastructure support within North Northamptonshire and being the accountable body for KHL Big Local contribute to this.
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• Twywell Hills And Dales: We work with The Land Trust as the managing agent for this green space, situated on the southern edge of Rockingham Forest. Twywell attracts hundreds of visitors every day and is a well-loved site that continues to benefit from the care and attention it really deserves. This site is recognised as the best place for butterflies in Northamptonshire.
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• The Green Patch:This thriving community garden project is Groundwork’s flagship green space – used and enjoyed by local people, schools, community groups and organisations. Our 2.5-acre site, based on the edge of the Grange Housing Estate in Kettering, hosts volunteer days, children’s clubs, education sessions and family events. We have ducks, chickens and rabbits, a grass paddock and play areas, veggie boxes, wildlife orchards, ponds, beehives and a bee friendly garden.
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• Made With Many: This is our community-led arts programme which produces events and activities designed to surprise, delight and inspire. Our aim is to encourage more people than ever before to take the lead in experiencing, creating and taking part in high-quality arts and cultural activities. Through conversations with local people and community decision-making panels, Made With Many puts the community at the heart of commissioning artists, producing new and exciting events.

https://www.groundwork.org.uk/projects/the-green-patch/

 

Our mission is to become a vendor for large companies, charities and organisation’s in the UK, helping reduce their waste by taking unwanted products that are usable or repairable which have a second life for individuals, companies or organisations in the UK and globally, specifically west Africa and Asia. 

Over the last year, we have provided our goods to businesses and organisation’s in Gambia and Ghana. Creating a second market for businesses supplying them with sustainable equipment and furniture to help them generate a sustainable income and provide working equipment for a newly built hospital that provides much needed service to the people in West Africa. 

For more information please contact Dan on dandimmer@gmail.com

https://www.eboxshop.co.uk/

We are a not-for-profit Community Company set up in Sept 2022 for the benefit of people with Moderate Additional Needs especially the Neurodivergent (ND). We learn Art & Craft skills, produce Creative writing, collaborate with various other local SEND supporting organizations and explore well-being activities. We encourage SEND/ND people to try new things whilst still exploring our own interests as individuals. 

We build self-esteem and enjoyment of everyday life for people with Additional Needs, social anxiety or any other barrier which might hold them back. Many Attendees are on the Autistic spectrum though not all. We are fully inclusive, wheelchair accessible and open to those with sensory impairments. BSL (British Sign Language) is incorporated into some sessions. 

We explore creativity through creation, discussion, trips out together, craft stalls and other events and we socialize, prep & eat food together, have a great time. It’s very informal & fun. Folks can attend with or without a Carer, depending on thier needs and sessions are just £10 including lunch (1 Carer per attendee – always free) 

Our latest project: the Shine! Neuro-verse magazine is a celebration of the talents & interests of Neurodivergent folks lives. It is out in June, Sept, Dec & March every year and is available to buy (just £3) at 

Magazine heaven, Rushden Lakes

Geek Retreat, Kettering

Rooftop Art Gallery, Corby

Burton Latimer Community Library

Galleria Art Workshops/Gifts – Burton Latimer

Sugar Barn, Burton Latimer

The Hut cafe, Ise Lodge

Beehive College, Northampton

The Place to Bee cafe, Northampton

and more people added monthly

We hope it brings you joy & makes you reflect upon the full potential of anyone & everyone regardless of, and sometimes even because of; their additional needs.

Glamis Hall is a community centre on the Queensway estate in Wellingborough owned by a registered charity, Glamis Hall for All (GHfA). GHfA came into existence when the then Borough Council of Wellingborough proposed closing the building and the over 50’s day centre it housed in 2014 and a group of residents got together to protest against the closure, raising a 10,000 signature petition and a huge amount of local support. The Council closed the building in December 2014 and transferred ownership to GHfA in January 2015 who reopened it immediately as a lunch club and reinstated the day centre service 3 months later. Today it is a fully functioning community centre, open 7 days a week and home to various community groups such as youth theatre, dance, exercise, church and the local Eco group. It is a driving test centre 2 days a week and a polling station on election days. Local residents and organisations hire the hall for parties and events. GHfA runs an indoor ‘boot sale’ most months and puts on major family events every year in Summer and at Christmas in addition to various community events such as bingo, discos, race and quiz nights.

www.glamishall.org.uk

Grow Wild Outreach is a community interest company dedicated to enriching lives through direct engagement with the natural environment. We offer a range of programs tailored for individuals with disabilities, emphasizing outdoor education, environmental conservation, and community integration. Our initiatives aim to enhance well-being, foster employability skills, and promote sustainable practices. By participating in activities like gardening, wildlife conservation, and eco-friendly projects, our participants not only gain practical skills but also develop a deeper connection with their community and the natural world. Through our efforts, we strive to create inclusive, empowering experiences that celebrate diversity and ecological stewardship.

The Nene Rivers Trust (NRT) is an independent charity working across the catchment of the River Nene. The Trust’s mission is the conservation and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the Nene, celebrating its heritage and communities, supporting the resilience of the environment to climate change, conserving and restoring rivers and their tributaries, promoting health and well-being, and educating and reconnecting people with the natural landscape.

 

The Trust works with partners across the river catchment, whilst maintaining a small office in the historical setting of Chester House Estate in Wellingborough and a desk at Fineshades Country Park in the Rockingham Forest area of Corby. https://neneriverstrust.org/

Our vision

A future where people with hidden/invisible conditions are empowered to lead independent lives.

Our mission

To provide accurate and accessible support to enable participants to learn how to budget and develop employment skills to enable them to live a more independent life.

We provide bespoke one-to-one support for those with neurodiverse conditions who are looking to move towards employment.  We also teach people how to budget and ensure that they are accessing all benefits for their situation.  These services are free.

We can:

• Create a realistic action plan of what to cover
• Create a new CV/ update old one
• Teach how and where to look for jobs or voluntary work
• Support with volunteering and job applications
• Learn & practise interview skills especially harder questions
• Teach how to make a realistic budget
• Identify additional potential income
• Help to find appropriate support for the situation and provide a soft hand-over

To continue supporting people with neurodiverse conditions we offer employers training that covers:

• Various types of neurodiverse conditions
• How to make job adverts accessible
• Reasonable adjustments at interviews and in the workplace
• Access to Work

We can provide recruitment services, including DBS checks, and have consultancy packages to support employers in their journey to become more inclusive.

Please note that there is a charge for our employers support, which is used to provide our other services.

rebecca.james@practicalmatters.org.uk

Kettering Rugby Football Club was formed in 1871 and today is the biggest sports club in the Kettering area, running 4 Senior sides, 2 Colts (U18’s) sides, and over 400 children,  boys and girls aged between 6 and 16 in the clubs Mini/Junior/Girls section of the Club. 

The rugby club’s home is Waverley Road (NN15 6NT) where we have 3 pitches, one of which is fully floodlit for evening games and training.  Plus we have an awesome clubhouse that hosts numerous events for the Club and our Community.  

Every June we host the KRFC Beer & Music Festival, our major fundraiser, and any surplus will be re-invested in providing community rugby facilities at the club! 

Electric Places, a trading name of Electric Corby, is a Community Interest Company (CIC) committed to guiding organisations and communities in Northamptonshire toward net-zero carbon emissions. Specialising in low-carbon and renewable energy, sustainable homes, and low-emission mobility, we’ve led award-winning sustainability initiatives across North Northamptonshire.

Over the last decade this has included establishing innovative renewable energy sharing communities, designing and delivering advanced eco-homes for NN and delivering strategic plans for carbon reduction at the local authority and industrial cluster levels.

As a CIC, we’ve secured over £20 million in funding, leveraging public and private investments for clean energy projects in the region. We focus exclusively on sustainability initiatives that have the potential to boost economic growth and regeneration in Northamptonshire.

Learn more at https://electricplaces.co.uk/