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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. Dedicate a tree in the Yorkshire Dales today and help us restore hundreds of native, broadleaved woodlands which have been lost due to deforestation.

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The Yorkshire Dales is an amazing place. Come and see for yourself. Find out about walks, festivals, tree planting and much more.

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Posted: 16/04/2012 by ydmt

Keep on running for the Dales

On 16th September 2012, YDMT’s very own Jo Boulter is taking on the iconic challenge of the Great North Run to raise money for the Trust! Jo has never done anything like this before.  In fact Jo hates running(!), so this really is going to be a tough personal challenge. Jo said “As a non-runner,...
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04/05/2012

Countryside Apprentices Learn Traditional Skils

Date of issue: 4 May 2012

Traditional rural skills have been passed on from one generation to the next as a group of five young countryside trainees spent a day at Gayle Mill near Hawes attending a gate-making master class.

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Welcome to the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust

You can call us YDMT for short! We’re a small charity doing big things to help care for the landscape, economy and people in this very special place – the Yorkshire Dales.

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Current projects

Yorkshire Subterranean Society

Helwith Bridge, nr Settle

LEADER provided £50,000 to spend on the ‘Old School’ – the Society’s meeting place - to convert a large unused section of the loft area into a meeting room and library, including a small kitchen area complete with new kitchen facilities.

Hawes - a great place to visit

Hawes

Yorkshire Dales LEADER is supporting a project from The Business Association (Wensleydale) Ltd with over £14,000 to develop joint marketing and promotional initiatives that will encourage Upper Dales businesses to work more collaboratively.

Wigglesworth Community Centre

Wigglesworth

LEADER has awarded £98,937 over 2 years towards the creation of a flexible community centre within Clarks Old School building.

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