Leave a Legacy
The Yorkshire Dales as a whole, or one particular area, may hold a special place in your heart. By including Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust in your Will you can help protect these places, celebrate your special memories and allow future generations to share them too.
How your legacy can make a difference
As a charity, so much of our work is about believing and investing in the future; whether planting trees, restoring wildflower meadows or giving young people opportunities to discover and love the Dales as we all do.
Leaving a gift to YDMT in your will is one of the most significant ways to ensure the landscapes and wildlife you care about will still be here for future generations to enjoy.
Every gift, no matter how large or small, makes a big difference. We promise you that any legacy you can give will be used carefully to achieve the greatest impact for people, landscape and wildlife. Here are just a few examples of what your legacy could achieve:
Your legacy could help create new woodlands and hedgerows, providing habitats for native wildlife.
A gift in your will could provide life-changing opportunities for people living in extremely difficult circumstances.
A legacy gift could help ensure the survival of some of our last remaining traditional wildflower meadows.
Join our community
Everyone has their own reason for leaving a gift to YDMT. For some, it's a way to give back to a place that is special to them. For others, it's to help protect our unique and increasingly vulnerable landscape and wildlife for future generations.
Supporter John pledged to leave us a legacy because of his love for the Dales and our work, he told us:
“This is a token of my care for the British countryside, its traditions and vibrant life today, and especially the Yorkshire Dales in which I've spent so many happy times."
"What heaven it was to escape from Leeds on a Friday evening and drive up to Langstrothdale and camp in the quiet tranquillity of upper Wharfedale! And at other times up to Gunnerside in Swaledale in June with the hay meadows; such a wonderful harmony of nature and lives there through the centuries.”
"YDMT so closely mirrors my own affection for the Dales, and I greatly admire all the work you do in supporting projects that make a real practical difference to people, landscape and wildlife."
What to do next
We know that leaving a legacy is a personal matter you will want to think through carefully. If you would like more information or have any questions about leaving a gift in your will please get in touch for a confidential chat on 015242 51002 or you can read more in our leaflet.