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
August 15, 2019
Connecting young people with nature is vitally important if we want to protect our landscape and wildlife, and tackle climate change. And above all nature makes us happy! Yet young people have never been more disconnected from nature. Our Green... View Article
June 5, 2019
It’s been a year since we first met Chris and Abbie, once a scientist and architect, who are now the co-founders of Cooper King Distillery. Our partnership with Cooper King grew from Chris and Abbie’s desire to build a business... View Article
May 9, 2019
Inspiring the next generation is a key part of what we do at Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust and our rural apprenticeship scheme continues to be a very successful way of doing so. Our apprenticeships aim to engage young people to... View Article
April 25, 2019
Catherine Mercer is the Bee Together project officer at Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust – a scheme that aims to connect communities and landscapes to reverse the decline of wild pollinators such as bees. Here, as we head into spring, she... View Article
