A tree isn't just for Christmas
Dedicate a tree today and support our woodlands and wildlife for years to come.
A tree dedication is a simple gift that will help nature right here in the north of england. Your donation will help to increase woodland cover, connect wildlife habitats and empower people to stand up for nature. In return every tree dedication comes with a special gift pack, a personalised certificate and an invitation to visit woodlands in the Yorkshire Dales and surrounding areas that you’ve helped make possible.
Donate for trees today
Together for Trees
Planting trees is absolutely critical to help tackle climate change and nature loss. And it's even more important here in the Yorkshire Dales where woodland cover is just over 4% - compared to the national average of about 9%. Diseases, poor management, and our increasing disconnection with nature, all place a significant threat on the valuable woodlands we have left.
Together for Trees is our campaign to create a landscape with more native broadleaf woodlands for people and wildlife.
How can planting trees help?
At Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT) we support woodland schemes of all shapes and sizes, including copses, connective planting and hedgerows as well as riparian strips along riverbanks. Smaller scale woodland creation is normally underfunded and overlooked, but has immense value for people, landscape and wildlife. These woodlands will absorb carbon, connect habitats, improve water quality and reduce flooding, as well as providing beautiful spaces for people to enjoy.
People are at the very heart of all our woodland schemes. We support communities to create their own woodlands, provide training for young people to get jobs in the sector and opportunities for everyone to get involved in tree planting and other woodland activities.
By bringing people together to plant the trees, we help develop skills, improve well-being, and inspire people to care for them in future.
Learn more about our woodland work
Restoring our native woodlands
25 years ago YDMT joined forces with other organisations to expand tree cover across the Yorkshire Dales and surrounding areas. Since then, we’ve supported the planting of more than 1.5 million native broadleaf trees.
Woodland Grants
We offer free advice and funding to support the creation of new native broadleaf woodlands in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and Nidderdale AONB.
Seed to Sapling
We're helping to ensure the right trees are available to plant by creating community tree growing schemes where native saplings are grown from seed.
