Employment

Groundwork Solent is commited to helping people who are unemployed to develop their skills and experience by working on regeneration projects in their own neighbourhoods, helping them to obtain employment in the future. As part of this, our Estates Officer runs a team of volunteers, many of whom have recently left full time education. Members of this team work on a wide range of projects, expanding their range of skills and improving their self esteem. The experienced gained by volunteering has allowed a large number of Groundwork volunteers to go on to obtain employment.

Environmental Task Force

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Photo : Groundwork staff with ETF member The Environmental Task Force was a volunteer team established to offer participants a chance to learn new skills and build self esteem whilst providing environmental improvements that would benefit the wider community.

The project consisted of two 6 week programmes with 8 volunteers taking part in each. Each of the programmes involved 6 work days during which the teams worked on a variety of environmental improvement projects throughout the local area.

The project was a great success for both the volunteers and the recipients of their hard work. The variety of work that was organised for these task days benefited many worthy organisations and sites. These included Priddy’s Hard Coastal Reserve, Leesland Park, Alverstoke Junior School, Wicor School, Charles Dickens School, Thornhill Park, Hermitage Community Garden, Alver Valley and Gosport BMX track.

Many of the volunteers have since progressed on to full time work, with others returning to education.