Friends of the Dales is the brand name of the Yorkshire Dales Society, a registered charity. Please help us to keep the Dales
special and vibrant for years to come!
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200 people have signed up to become Friends over the last financial year - a fantastic boost to our membership and the clout we have as a campaigning charity! Thank you to all our Friends for their support!
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Latest News...
11 December 2018 The Yorkshire Dales National Park Management Plan 2019-2024 - the single most importnat document
for a National Park - has now been published. Friends of the Dales contributed to the developemnt of the plan and will play a role in holding to account those bodies who are responsible for its
delivery. The plan can be found here: YDNP Management Plan
7 December 2018 This is Friends of the Dales draft response to the call of
evidence by the Glover Review of England's National Parks and AONBs. We will be submitting our response on 17th December. If members have any comments on this draft then please let us know.
Members are aslo encouraged to submit their own responses, which they can do via this link: Glover Review
6 December 2018 Local press coverage of a crtical National Park Authority planning meeting on 11th December to
consider controversial applications to convert barns, incluing comments from Friends of the Dales. See Richmondshire Today
20 November 2018 Trustee Nancy Stedman spoke at a well attended joint meeting with North Craven Heritage
Trust at Langcliffe last week. Nancy has been researching the impact of converting agricultural barns in the Dales to local
occupancy housing or holiday lets in the light of recent changes to National Park policy. You can view Nancy's presention as a PDF download below.
8 November 2018 Next year we'll be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the legislation that created national
parks in England and Wales. If you are interested in social and political history, you might enjoy reading two original Reports (Dower and Hobhouse) which led to the 1949 Act (National Parks and
Access to the Countryside) - downloadable below.
1 November 2018 If you care about England's protected landscapes, please contribute to a really important
independent Review of National Parks and AONBs (areas of outstanding natural beauty). We will be publishing our own response here soon, but you can make government aware
of your views by completing this online survey by Tuesday 18 December
2018.
1 November 2018 Stuck for that special Christmas Gift? Or need something for another special occassion or
birthday? You could buy someone special an Annual Membership of Friends of the Dales. Christmas gifts must be ordered by Tuesday 4 Decmeber to ensure posting in time for Christmas. Just fill in a
membership form and pay here or ask about other ways to pay
31 October 2018 If you missed the mini conference on "How to attract and keep young people and families living, working and enjoying the Dales" recently, held at Settle, you can read the key speeches
here.
31 October 2018 Dalesbus Winter Timetable just launched! You can download it below.
29 October 2018 New Policy statement on Wildlife and Biodiversity added Click here
15 August 2018
Our Trustees Annual Report & Accounts for 2017-2018 is available to download below. We'll provide some piecharts and illustrations at our AGM (see events page) on 22 September at Langcliffe to
cover the financial detail, plus as a illustrated talk by our Chairman, Mark Corner to pick out the highilghts of the year and plans for the future.
We have a good track record - for over 35 years - in campaigning on issues of crucial importance to the Dales. These include affordable housing, rural bus services, biodiversity, green lanes,
Dales farming and landscape conservation - plus many others!
We keep a watching brief on what is happening in the Dales, lobby government and intervene where we believe appropriate. For example, we monitor significant planning applications in the Dales and
comment on many each year - supporting those we believe are right for the Dales
We run varied walks and talks throughout the year
Vibrant Communities - free guided visits to Dales towns and villages organised and led by local members
Dales Insights - afternoon talks and free shorter guided walks
Classic Countryside - free longer guided walks with an extra "something special"
Focus on the Dales - full day event on a topical Dales subject
Come and join us, most are free to all! See Upcoming Events
DalesBus services run on Sundays and Bank Holidays through the summer (and some in the winter) across the Yorkshire Dales, llinking into
bus and train services from across the region.
So you can enjoy the Dales in the most environmentally friendly way!
DalesBus is run by our social enterprise company the Dales & Bowland CIC. Volunteers organise, fundraise and
publicise the services, but the buses themselves are run by bus companies or community providers. Full timetables - see DalesBus
Capturing the Past is our fantastic three year project to work with people and
groups in the Ingleborough Dales area to train them to catalogue and digitise their own local history archives and make these available to the public through a new website.
Our archive project is being funded through Stories in Stone, a four year programme of conservation and community projects concentrated
on the Ingleborough area. The scheme has been developed by the Ingleborough Dales Landscape Partnership and is supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Yorkshire Dales Community Archives
This website is operated by the Yorkshire Dales Society, a registered charity (Charity Number 515384) and a company limited by guarantee (Company Number 1822908).
Our Charitable Objects are 1) To promote for the benefit of the public, the conservation of the landscape, biodiversity and cultural heritage of
the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and adjacent areas, and the social and economic wellbeing of its local communities;and to encourage others to engage with,understand,enjoy and protect these areas,
and 2) In pursuance of the above, to advance the education of the public.
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