Groundwork Greater Manchester
Key takeaways
- If your work fits its themes of people's wellbeing, community-led change, or urban nature and climate resilience, and you work in one of its priority areas such as Bolton, Manchester or Rochdale, this funder is worth approaching.
- Neither a grant range nor an annual giving figure is stated, so check the amount you might ask for with its contact before writing a proposal; its Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund offers both small and large grants, which suggests requests of different sizes can be considered.
- No application process is published, so start by getting in touch with the contact shown, and ask how to apply and when.
- Nothing published says how competitive its giving is, and no exclusions are stated.
Overview
Groundwork Greater Manchester is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1124508).
Groundwork Greater Manchester is a charity whose vision is to create a greener, fairer and stronger future for all people, communities and places in Greater Manchester. One of its programmes is the Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund, which offers small and large grants to communities for projects that make the city-region greener by improving local green spaces or creating new ones, in areas where there is the greatest need.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Groundwork Greater Manchester aims to create a greener, fairer and stronger future for people, communities and places. It improves life chances and wellbeing across the communities it serves, brings communities together to deliver long-lasting positive social and environmental change, and creates thriving, nature-rich, climate-resilient urban environments in partnership with communities. It focuses on those that need support the most and harnesses the strengths of Greater Manchester’s people, places and communities to mobilise practical action for environmental and social justice. Its support includes help with finding work, reducing energy bills and getting community projects off the ground.
Themes
- People’s wellbeing
- Community-led change
- Urban nature and climate resilience
Geographic Focus
Priority: Bolton; Bury; Manchester; Oldham; Rochdale; Salford; Stockport; Tameside; Trafford; Blackburn with Darwen; Burnley; Hyndburn; Pendle; Rossendale; Ribble Valley.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Where they fund
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £3,528,890 | £3,359,871 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £5,656,169 | £5,610,091 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £6,134,589 | £6,107,284 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £6,546,641 | £6,536,317 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £7,951,623 | £7,897,939 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- groundwork.org.uk/greatermanchester · read on 23 October 2026
- groundwork.org.uk/greatermanchester/gm-about · read on 23 October 2026
- groundwork.org.uk/greatermanchester/gm-about/gm-our-programmes/greater-manchester-green-spaces-fund · read on 23 October 2026
- groundwork.org.uk/greatermanchester/contact-gm · read on 23 October 2026
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.
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Contact
- 0161 220 1000source
- greatermanchester@groundwork.org.uksource
- Groundwork Greater Manchester Trafford Ecology Park, Lake Road Manchester Greater Manchester M17 1TUsource
- Groundwork Greater Manchester Birchcroft, Crowthorne Road Ashton-under-Lyne Greater Manchester OL7 0DHsource
- Groundwork Greater Manchester First floor, 2 Princes Street Stockport Greater Manchester SK1 1SEsource
- groundwork.org.uk/greatermanchester
Applying to Groundwork Greater Manchester?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- 0161 220 1000source
- greatermanchester@groundwork.org.uksource
- Groundwork Greater Manchester Trafford Ecology Park, Lake Road Manchester Greater Manchester M17 1TUsource
- Groundwork Greater Manchester Birchcroft, Crowthorne Road Ashton-under-Lyne Greater Manchester OL7 0DHsource
- Groundwork Greater Manchester First floor, 2 Princes Street Stockport Greater Manchester SK1 1SEsource
- groundwork.org.uk/greatermanchester