About
We are Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust a charity doing big things to support people, landscape and wildlife in the Yorkshire Dales and surrounding areas.
As a local charity we’ve got an important job to do delivering, and enabling others to deliver, local solutions to our biggest challenges yet - climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality in access to nature. We focus on enabling and empowering local communities to come together to take positive action for the people, landscape and wildlife of this special area.
"I fall more in love with the Yorkshire Dales every day."
That's what our Woodland Trainee Aila told us. And we know many of you feel the same way about this special area. But the Dales needs more than just love. It needs action.
"We get stuff done."
That's our promise to you and to the Dales. Last year alone we helped to get more than 67,000 native broadleaf woodland and hedgerow trees in the ground and restored 23 wildflower meadows. 7,000 people benefitted from our activities and events, enabling them to take action for nature. And we gave out more than £250,000 in small grants to local community initiatives. Read about our impact>
"Nature is not a privilege – it's a right that everyone should have access to."
Every day, we're breaking down barriers to ensure everyone can experience the transformative power of the Dales.
Help us make the Yorkshire Dales accessible to all.
Our strategy
Our vision is a Yorkshire Dales with thriving communities, resilient landscapes and abundant wildlife that provides a sense of belonging and inspiration to everyone.
To make this happen our priorities are to:
- Inspire people to visit, live sustainably and care for this special area
- Conserve and celebrate the landscape and heritage of the Dales
- Protect and enhance the environment and wildlife of the Dales
Over the next three years we will need to work harder than ever before to tackle the overlapping crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and
inequality in access to nature. We know that we cannot do this alone. That is why our 2025-2028 Strategy is centred around building
partnerships and enabling others to deliver with us. Read about our Strategy>
How we work
We create vital connections to this special area, helping people to take meaningful positive action through our projects, partnerships and grants programme.
Delivering projects
We deliver transformative projects for people and nature, and use our skills to enable other organisations to increase their impact.
Enabling others
We raise and distribute funds, providing flexible grants and support for innovative community led action where it’s needed most.
Collaborative partnerships
We are firmly rooted in our communities and have a greater impact by joining forces with our partners.
