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

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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Free energy advice before the price cap increases: www.groundwork.org.uk/groundwork-o...
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NEWS: Groundwork offers energy saving advice ahead of Energy Price cap hike - Groundwork
With energy bills set to rise again, Groundwork is encouraging households to take control of their energy bills to help stay warm and well. The latest
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Last week we worked with Centrica colleagues to improve a patch of overgrown grassland at Whitehall Pocket Park. We started by removing the existing grass from the area, and then we sowed wildflower seeds. Additionally, we planted UK native flowers along the site, including bluebells and snowdrops.
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
News that we have won yet another award to be announced soon. It's proving a good year for the recognition.
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
COMMUNITY CANVAS IS BACK! 🎨 Come and join us for another round of Community Canvas! A fun, friendly group where you can relax, get creative and try something new! 🖌️✨
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Voluntary Action Leeds @volactionleeds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Voluntary Action Leeds Recruitment Team is excited to be partnering with Better Action For Families on an exciting opportunity. They’re looking for a Charity Manager to join their organisation 💚 👉https://ow.ly/zuPT50ZKwEZ #LeedsJobs #RecruitmentLeeds #CharityJob
Voluntary Action Leeds announcement for Charity Manager role at Better Action for Families, closing Monday 28 September at 5pm.
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Leeds Autism AIM @leedsautismaim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There is an opportunity to join an advisory group for autistic adults, focusing on the Mental Health Act Code of Practice. The group's aim is to help improve mental health care. Find out more about how to take part here: thepsc.co.uk/page/mental-...
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Mental Health Act Code of Practice Lived Experience Advisory Groups - People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People - The PSC
Take part to share your views and experiences - to help improve mental health care in England
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Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We've published new research today on how the cost-of-living crisis is damaging family life and the quality of childhood itself. Some key stats: - 79% of parents polled are finding it harder to raise children because of the cost of living compared with two years ago 1/5
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Leeds Sustainability Institute @leeds-lsi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The LSI's latest publication shows that a pragmatic approach to improving the thermal performance of new-build housing, without disruptive design and technological dependency, is achievable. url6649.tandfonline.com/ls/click?upn...
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Fortifying fabric energy performance: embedding resilience in conventional new-build masonry housing using enhanced design targets
Improving the thermal performance of new-build homes is central to many decarbonisation strategies, yet progress remains constrained by regulatory requirements, performance gaps, and entrenched con...
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
this looks great and EXTREMELY USEFUL
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Come along to Warm Works Todmorden Learning Centre bringing together practical advice, local expertise and community support to help people in and around Todmorden make their homes warmer, healthier and more energy efficient.
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What happens when healthcare goes beyond the clinic and meets people where they are? www.groundwork.org.uk/yorkshire/ne...
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In This Together: Reaching the Communities Most Often Missed - Groundwork
What happens when healthcare goes beyond the clinic and meets people where they are? Our latest video showcases the first year of the In This Together
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are looking for a Climate and Environment Editor to lead our award-winning team investigating the governments, companies and people exacerbating the climate crisis. Contract: Full-time Salary: £59-£62k Location: London office – hybrid working
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our West Yorkshire Communities Team were thrilled to win the Social Enterprise Award 2026 at the Morgan Sindall Construction Supply Chain Awards. The team have facilitated social value projects at Bedford Fields Community Forest Garden in Leeds and St Mary's Community Centre in Pontefract.
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The Conservation Volunteers @tcvnational.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Citizen science is a fantastic way to explore your local environment while contributing to valuable scientific research. From monitoring wildlife & trees to recording environmental data, there are numerous ways for people of all ages to get involved in conservation projects. buff.ly/ZKD97a2
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fab day at RHS Harlow Carr -thanks to all the staff there for making it special and for giving us a kitchen garden tour which was very interesting, with Appletree Community Garden group, which is a #greencommunityhubs with The Northern Network
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our Mission: Practical Action To Create A Fair And Green Future In Which People, Places And Nature Thrive. Help us. Become a Trustee. Help shape Yorkshire's future. A pack will be available soon, meantime you can apply. www.groundwork.org.uk/yorkshire/ab...
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Yorkshire Board - Groundwork
We are governed by a Board of Trustees who along with our Executive Director and Senior Management Team, determine policy and the strategic direction of
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We cooked veg fajitas and went to the park to burn off some energy after a game of hide and seek then back for more clay creations and uno Wakefield Families #haf
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National Energy Action @nea.org.uk · 18/08/2026
Join us at our Wales Fuel Poverty Conference on Thursday 8 October. We'll have sessions on the future of retrofit, advice-focused workshops and working with the new Welsh government. See our programme and register today: www.nea.org.uk/what-we-do/e...
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VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com · 13/08/2026
Growing food is key to health, wellbeing, and the environment. That’s why we created the free VegPlotter Schools portal! Teachers can help pupils plan gardens & learn to grow. Let’s inspire kids (and families) to embrace gardening and make a greener future. 🌱 vegplotter #vegplotter #gardenplanner
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hottest month on record on Earth. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/july...
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July 2026 ties with July 2024 as Earth's hottest month on record » Yale Climate Connections
North America, Africa, and Asia all experienced their hottest month on record.
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The Conservation Volunteers @tcvnational.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
#Careers with TCV! 🌱 Senior Project Officer – Sale Water Park, with work across #GreaterManchester 🌱 Senior Project Officer - #London Find more information about these roles here: buff.ly/PMoyoIf #BetterNatureForAll #JoinInFeelGood #hiring #recruitment #recruiting #environment
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Met Issued an 'Extreme Heat' warning for this Thursday. It's not just for the South of England, it's expected to reach up to #Sheffield #Yorkshire. #BeatTheHeat take simple measures to ensure you remain cool.
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Groundwork Yorkshire’s landscape architecture team is celebrating a major milestone as the Shipley Health and Wellbeing Centre project reaches the shortlist for the prestigious Landscape Institute (LI) Awards, taking place in London this November. gwkydesign.org.uk/flagship-gro...
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Flagship Groundwork Yorkshire Project Shortlisted for National Landscape Institute Awards – Groundwork Yorkshire Landscape Architecture
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 10/08/2026
The BAMS State of the Climate report for 2025, published today, shows that the global climate set several new records, including atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the loss of glacial ice from mountain regions, and the dryness of global soils. Read more ⬇️ buff.ly/tkbuQdS
Met Office news release graphic showing close-up cracked, drought-stricken earth. Text reads: “News Release, 10 August 2026. Rising greenhouse gas concentrations lead to ice loss and drying soils.” The Met Office logo appears in the top left corner.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
European summers aren't what they used to be! Grey curve is the climate of 1950-90. Every coloured line is a summer since 1991. Every one since 2005 sits beyond the 95th percentile of the curve. This isn't a shifting #climate. It's already a new one! 🤯🥵 Plot inspired by Barriopedro et al. 2011
Distribution of European summer temperature anomalies, June to August, over 25°W-40°E, 35-70°N, land only, the region used by Barriopedro et al., relative to 1961-1990, from ERA5. Grey bars show the 41 summers from 1950 to 1990, with a normal curve fitted through them, centred near zero. Coloured vertical lines show every summer from 1991 to 2025, shaded yellow through dark red by year, and almost all of them fall to the right of the grey distribution. The ten warmest are labelled, with 2024 furthest right at 2.74°C and 2022 next at 2.54°C. A dotted line marks the 95th percentile of the 1950-1990 distribution at 0.76°C.

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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Kids summer holiday fun Thurs and Fri in August, free and includes free lunch. No need to book, just turn up at St Vincents, LS9
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It's Love Parks Week, a week hosted by Keep Britain Tidy to celebrate the incredible parks and green spaces on your doorstep. Looking for somewhere to walk, play, relax or reconnect with nature?
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We're working with The King's Trust to deliver a Green Skills programme for 16-30 year olds in Leeds. Join us in the Groundwork Learning Centre and hear all about roles in the sector while gaining valuable skills and experience. Join us on 4th August for a taster day.
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Job: Lead Bushcraft Facilitator at Project: WILD C.I.C. At Project: WILD C.I.C., we help people build real, lasting connections with the nature on their doorstep. We’re currently recruiting an experienced Lead Bushcraft Facilitator to deliver our expanding range of outdoor bushcraft programmes.
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Leeds Autism AIM @leedsautismaim.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
There are just a few days left to apply for our Deputy Manager #JobVacancy! This role involves leading our projects, working across our and @bradfordautismaim.bsky.social 's service. To apply, please visit advonet.org.uk/2026/07/09/a... #HiringNow #LeedsJobs #CharityJobs
The Advonet Group

We Are Hiring!

Autism AIM Deputy Manager

Hours: 20 per week

Salary: £15,926.94 per annum actual (£29,863.01 p/a pro rata)

Contract: 12 month - fixed term

Location: Hybrid, including in our Leeds office

Deadline to Apply: Friday 31st July, 12 Noon
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Great day today, working with staff from Miller Homes Ltd at Rabbit Ings Country Park. We cleared areas of grass to allow wildflowers to be able to flourish in the future.
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We are recruiting for a: Sessional Digital Skills Learning Support Assistant We are seeking a patient, enthusiastic, and digitally savvy Sessional Learning Support Assistant to join our team.
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forumcentral.bsky.social @forumcentral.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It was great to be part of the Disability Pride event hosted by Scope at their Leeds base. A brilliant turnout, with talks, badge-making, and even BBC Radio Leeds dropping by to cover it.
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Only a week to go until the next Health & Wellbeing Event for Morley and District. We'll be there with our Green Doctors, Morley Shed, Communities team and Learning centre colleagues. Hope to see you there
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Groundwork went foraging at Appletree for elderflower to make cordial in early June. They also looked at fruit and veg from the supermarket to see where seeds come from so they can grow more.
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
#BeatTheHeat Just a few of many tips to keep cool
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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Our 2026 #BrokenPlate report shows the price gap between healthier and less healthy food is now at its widest level in over a decade. We've identified four ways the government can reverse this trend and ensure everyone has access healthy and sustainable food: foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/...
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The Ground Up Podcast, Episode 13, youtu.be/byn4HLnmu4g
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The Ground Up, Episode 13, Adrian's Podcast Final
YouTube video by Groundwork In The North
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
#GreenJobs #Jobs
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 22/06/2026
After 18 months of R&D with a team of specialist academics, I'm VERY excited to say that @carbonbrief.org has just launched 'Project Cosmos'... ...the world's largest database of climate research Our hope is this becomes a major new resource interactive.carbonbrief.org/cosmos/index...
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Project Cosmos – the world’s largest database of climate change research
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Leeds Autism Services @leedsautism.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
⚠️AMBER WEATHER WARNING⚠️ A heatwave is predicted throughout this week, so we have put together an easy-read guide to help you manage the hot weather 😎 >> www.leedsautism.org.uk/beat-the-hea
A digital flyer with an image of the sun and a thermometer showing a high temperature. The text reads: beat the heat, an easy-read guide to staying safe in a heatwave
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The ‘silent killer’: what you need to know about heatwaves How spells of hot weather put us in danger and what measures we can take to protect ourselves #climatecrisis #heatwave www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The ‘silent killer’: what you need to know about heatwaves
How spells of hot weather put us in danger and what measures we can take to protect ourselves
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New research is tackling climate risk head-on. A £1.2m UKRI-funded project is developing an early warning system to help insurers respond to flooding, drought & extreme weather, before impacts escalate. 🌍 Learn more: climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/protect... #Climate #Insurance #Resilience #Research
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Protecting insurance in a changing climate - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
An early warning system that detects increasing levels of climate impacts is being developed by academics, insurance industry partners and the Met Office. Using decision games and storylines, the rese...
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Community Leaders West Yorkshire (CLWY) @clwestyorks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Would you like to take part in the Community Leaders Programme 2026? The West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership Community Leaders Programme is recruiting. The FREE programme supports a public health approach strategy to improving community safety. clwy.org.uk/2026/06/16/c...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Vaccines are humanity's greatest scientific achievement.
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Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Second award in a matter of weeks for Groundwork Yorkshire's Landscape Architects. Read more here and see our new portfolio, launched today: gwkydesign.org.uk/second-award... #Yorkshire #Landscape #Architects
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Second Award Winning Design in Weeks – Groundwork Yorkshire Landscape Architecture
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
From last week: The first day of the new community garden at Sutton Road Estate, Bradford. We have got the raised beds ready for vegetables and planted courgettes and squash, thanks to seeds from Fothergills UK.
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
More than 7.4 million people in England live in areas completely devoid of immediate biodiversity, including 1.4 million children under 15, the report commissioned by a number of wildlife and environmental NGOs says. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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England’s poorest areas face deepest cuts to green space under planning law changes, report finds
Exclusive: New loopholes for developers will exacerbate extreme disparities across country, charity coalition warns
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Community activities, Leeman Road, #York
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