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YouTube video by Groundwork In The North Dementia Gardening, Episone 9

Episode 9 of out podcast series youtu.be/ItEev_dHmjc Dementia Friendly Gardening.

Next month, @involvingyou.bsky.social are running a free session for people in #Leeds who are renting privately or live in their own home on keeping their homes warm, safe and affordable to run.

It's on Tuesday 10th March from 6pm-8pm - visit forms.office.com/e/BUG8rep3L4 to book a place.

North Hill well woods at University of Leeds we were moving woodchip on to the paths, refixing bird boxes, clearing an area and then making a minbeast hotel with moss collected on site and adding bricks, twigs and other bits for insects to crawl between and keep warm.

YouTube video by Groundwork In The North Episode 8 neurodiversity in the worksplace

Episode 8: Neurodiversity in the Workplace
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Wellies in the woods today we were reading Percy the park keeper. we touched different surfaces that were smooth and bumpy, we played pictionary (it's obviously a hedgehog!) and we tried to sail a boat on water and find put what floats.

Tree grafting at Wakefield Kirkgate part of #ukspf funded community project for horticulture and art. We made katy apples, red delicious, and pear trees and volunteers looking after the planters were given hi-vis by #LonGBoaT

🌿Green Skills🌿

Employability Course in Selby and Goole.

This 8 week programme offers a range of nationally recognised qualifications and offers participants practical work experience and support.

Funded by Croda

🎙️The Ground Up! ✅
Podcast: Episode 7: Fuel Poverty and how our Green Doctor service can help.
Listen @instagram @youtube @spotifyuk
#groundworkyorkshire #podcast #fuelpoverty #community #playlist

What to do when your home is at risk of falling into the sea – the hard choices facing Britain’s storm-battered coasts As sea levels rise and storms intensify, coastal defences simply cannot keep up.

As sea levels rise and storms intensify, coastal defences simply cannot keep up.

Wellies in the woods at Churwell Woods where we were joined by a very tame robin red breast 🐦‍⬛ who helped us spot all the colours in nature like white snowdrops and yellow winter aconite which have only come up in the last week.

"In #climate communication – and science communication more broadly – the assumption that gaps in knowledge, and therefore a lack of “right” action, can be addressed simply by conveying more facts still prevails.

This model, however, has been refuted time and again."

#ClimateComms #SciComm

Help for disabled people to manage energy bills as snow looks set to fall With energy bills already sky high, this looming period of plummeting temperatures and the possibility of snow on the way, is putting further strain on already stretched finances.

As cold weather hits, vulnerable people are facing impossible choices with already sky-high energy bills. ❄️⚡

Community-based energy advice and local support matter more than ever — trusted, accessible help where people actually live.

Wholesale gas costs blamed for rises in household energy bills Energy prices have eased since the height of the energy crisis in 2022-23 but pressure is still on the Government to tackle high bills

66% of recent increases in UK energy bills has come from wholesale gas prices, say @ukerc.bsky.social - 17% from grid charges, 13% from extra policy costs

Despite gas accounting for 1/3 of generation, its price drives cost of electricity up to 90% of the time

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

It is shocking as is, even though I read 1984, Brave New World etc in early teens, I didn't expect the level of degradation we are now witnessing in my lifetime.

Blue speech graphic with white text promoting latest job listings at www.doinggoodleeds.org.uk with white star spotlight effect and Voluntary Action Leeds logo on green background.

Touchstone are recruiting for a Beacon Housing Domestic Abuse Lead Practitioner

📅Closing 8 February 2026

For details and how to apply👉https://ow.ly/xyXH50Y12qG

Listening rather than talking is so underrated.

Good to hear

Recruitment - Groundwork Our Mission Our vision at Groundwork is of a society of sustainable communities which are vibrant, healthy and safe, which respect the local and global

Visit our recruitment page for our latest jobs within Yorkshire: www.groundwork.org.uk/yorkshire/ab... Currently a Countryside Rangers Job is available, more to follow shortly. #Jobs #Yorkshire

Yes. One of my favourite energy efficiency stats is that 25% of UK economic growth between 1971-2013 was due to energy efficiency: ukerc.ac.uk/news/energy-... @jrbarrett.bsky.social

Roadmap to Reducing Food Insecurity stats

📊 Food insecurity has impacted 7%-18% of the population since 2020.

Evidence shows the government can reduce this depending on the policy choices it makes.

Here's how: ➡️ bit.ly/4ozVF5j

Practical usage of AI in a charity. In the charity sector, authenticity is our currency. But efficiency is our survival.

Can you use #AI ethically in a Charity Context?

www.linkedin.com/pulse/practi...

Groundwork Meat Buying Club - Springhead Park About The Club

We have seen how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting on local people. One of the initiatives we are developing to support struggling households is a Meat Buying Club. For further details: springheadparkgolf.com/groundwork-m...

🔎 Want to hear more from our experts?

Interested in research at the forefront of the policy discussion on how to reduce poverty in the UK?

Then our starter pack is for you! Give our colleagues a follow so you can be kept up-to-date on all of our latest work and analysis.

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CHANGE have been commissioned by @Macmillancancersupport  to produce easy read, accessible guides to support people with a learning disability. 

If you would like to commission your own easy read you can contact us via our website  https://f.mtr.cool/dwvhmfcqjp

#easyread

At cultivate and cook on Friday, we made grass heads and looked at where we can get seeds from veggies and fruit we are about to eat, like strawberries, potatoes, courgettes, cucumber, carrot and parsnip -videos to come of this!
#ukspf funded

Countryside Ranger with @groundworkyorks.bsky.social part time, permanent position based in Castleford, Wakefield c-js.co.uk/4sTmS6b

Grassroots Grants - Groundwork Groundwork is working with People’s Postcode Lottery for a third year to deliver Grassroots Grants. This year, the programme will provide unrestricted

We're working with People’s Postcode Lottery for a 3rd year to deliver Grassroots Grants.

The programme will provide unrestricted funding of up to £2,000 to 700 small, local organisations in England that are making a positive difference in their communities.

www.groundwork.org.uk/grassroots-g...

Women's safety: 'Ask us what we want' city planners urged Women should be consulted in the planning of safer public spaces, says an academic in Leeds.

Women and girls deserve to feel safe wherever they are and at any time.

Working with women's organisations, the University of Leeds, and our five councils on improvements, we'll continue listening to what changes people want to see.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...