Facts and Figures

Each year Groundwork in Wales makes an incredible impact on the ground, in fact across Wales during 2010/2011:

  • We planted more than 7,900 trees, improved and maintained over 3,877,000 sq metres of land
  • Groundwork in Wales supported over 134,700 days of volunteering by young people and adults
  • More than 285 schools were involved with Groundwork across Wales
  • The total training we provided was worth more than 10,000 weeks, with over 1,140 formal qualifications gained
  • Groundwork in Wales has worked with more than 660 businesses
  • Our work resulted in the creation and safeguarding of 1,155 jobs
  • We certified 180 environmental management systems to the Green Dragon Environmental Standard
  • Our environmental work avoided or saved 5,911 tonnes of CO2
  • In addition we diverted more than 1,430 tonnes of waste from local landfill sites
  • In total we supported over 700 projects