March 31, 2020
Our training weekend brings together community organisers from Bradford, Leeds and Blackburn to learn navigation skills and group leadership in the Yorkshire Dales. The idea is that the participants will then have the knowledge needed to take their own groups... View Article
February 26, 2020
As part of our partnership with Carr’s Group and Carrs Billington Agriculture we invited their staff to come and plant trees with us at Hesper Farm in Bell Busk. Joanne Rome was one of the attendees on the day and... View Article
February 20, 2020
With support from Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, Darren Sheffield and his partner Anna have planted 2,200 native broadleaf trees at Low Branthwaites in Sedbergh. They wanted to create interest in the landscape, improve biodiversity and allow people to enjoy the... View Article
February 14, 2020
Children with a greater connection to nature are more likely to behave positively towards the natural environment and wildlife in future. But many children are missing out on spending time outdoors. We’re changing that. Schools out! Over the last three-and-a-half years... View Article
January 6, 2020
The Yorkshire Dales LEADER Programme has distributed £2.75 million for rural projects benefiting the area and its communities. Administered by Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, Yorkshire Dales LEADER is a community-led rural development programme which aims to improve the quality of... View Article
December 17, 2019
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. The saying has never been more pertinent, as the UK strives to meet targets for cutting carbon emissions. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC)... View Article
November 15, 2019
At YDMT we are passionate about the plight of pollinators and how we can all join together to help create patches of meadow to reverse their decline. Our Bee Together project – supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund thanks... View Article
September 19, 2019
Diversification is a hot topic in the world of agriculture and for one farm in the Yorkshire Dales has resulted in a radical shift in how the public can access their products. Home Farm, in Aysgarth, not only processes its... View Article
August 19, 2019
Skipton Properties has been creating beautiful homes for over 30 years. The business has now teamed up with YDMT to support natural spaces too, with a mission to plant 250 new trees in Yorkshire. We met with sisters Sarah, Managing... View Article
August 15, 2019
Earlier this year a Roger Stott Community Grant helped the Dales Community Pop Choir to go to the UK Choir Festival. An exciting opportunity for members of this community choir based in Leyburn. The choir brings people together for “90... View Article
