The Greenbank Project (charity)

Greenbank
The Greenbank Project
Formation2 February 1983
FounderGerry Kinsella
TypeRegistered charity and company limited by guarantee
Registration no.Charity number 513814; company number 01696490
Location
  • Greenbank Lane, Liverpool, England
ServicesEducation & Sport and Leisure opportunities
Chief executive
Mary Beaumont
Websitewww.greenbank.org.uk

The Greenbank Project, is a charity in Liverpool, England, which operates the Greenbank Sports Academy and the neighbouring Greenbank College. It works to provide opportunities in employment, education, sport and leisure for disabled people and disadvantaged groups.[1]

The Greenbank Project's current chief executive is Mary Beaumont.[2]

Founding

Greenbank was founded by Gerry Kinsella, a former Paralympic athlete who was previously the charity's chief executive.[3] In 1982, Kinsella raised £30,000 to fund the building of the Academy with a sponsored wheelchair push from Land's End to John o' Groats.[4]

The charity has subsequently received funding from the Big Lottery Fund and St James's Place Foundation.[5][6]

Sports academy

The academy has specially designed facilities for disability sports.[7] It has been used as an Olympic training facility,[8] and as a training camp for teams from Namibia and Romania.[9]

British Paralympic medallist Nathan Maguire first settled on his chosen sport of wheelchair racing, one of the sports Greenbank offers, at the facility when he was 15.[10]

College

Ofsted lists Greenbank Project as an independent learning provider under URN 52037. Its current Ofsted rating is Requires Improvement. The rating followed a full inspection carried out from 11 to 13 June 2024, with the report published on 9 September 2024. Ofsted later carried out a monitoring visit on 21 May 2025, with the report published on 1 July 2025 which stated it had made Insufficient progress in all areas except from one.[11]

Subjects offered include business and administration, customer service, catering, functional skills in English and mathematics, fashion and textiles, hairdressing, information technology and sport.[12]

The college runs a hair and beauty show to showcase its students' work. In previous years it has collaborated on this with LIPA, the Museum of Liverpool, and The Black-E.[13][14]

Governance and registration

The Greenbank Project is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under charity number 513814. It is also incorporated as a company limited by guarantee under company number 01696490.[15][16]

References

  1. ↑ Home - Greenbank Disability Charity. Greenbank Disability Charity. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  2. ↑ Chief Executive Officer - Greenbank Disability Charity. Greenbank Disability Charity. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Ben Turner, Former Paralympian and chief executive of city charity Greenbank, Gerry Kinsella receives John Moores fellowship. Liverpool Echo. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  4. ↑ David Conn, Merseyside's magic place - how Greenbank is doing it for the kids. The Guardian. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  5. ↑ Funding secured from Big Lottery for a new 3 year health and fitness project. Greenbank Disability Charity. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  6. ↑ Greenbank Sports Academy delighted to secure the continued support of St James's Place Foundation. Liverpool Echo. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  7. ↑ David Conn, Merseyside's magic place - how Greenbank is doing it for the kids. The Guardian. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  8. ↑ Olympic training venues - North West. BBC Sport. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  9. ↑ Abby Young-Powell, Five minutes with ... Gerry Kinsella. The Guardian. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  10. ↑ Danny Rigg, Man who woke up paralysed wins gold at Commonwealth Games. Liverpool Echo. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Greenbank Project (The). Ofsted. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  12. ↑ Students celebrate year of success at Greenbank College. Liverpool Echo. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  13. ↑ South Liverpool students host hair-raising show. Liverpool Echo. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  14. ↑ Students are top of the crops. Liverpool Echo. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  15. ↑ The Greenbank Project. Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  16. ↑ Greenbank Project (The) overview. Companies House. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
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