Campaigns

Below is a list of current campaigns we are active on, with further detail on two important campaigns - Plastics and Verges - shown in the menu to the left

• Reducing the use of single use plastic in the Dales

• Better cutting times for roadside verges to protect wildflowers and wildlife

• Protecting/enhancing the national park (through our work to monitor and comment on major or significant planning applications and our policy development work)

• Proper funding for the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

• Saving digitally our cultural heritage  - our “Capturing the Past” HLF project (www.dalescommunityarchives.org.uk)

• Sustainable Communities - for example our Vibrant Communities events and campaigns to keep local schools open

• Suporting sustainable upland farming

• Local Transport - DalesBus (www.dalesbus.org) is a social enterprise set up and supported by Friends of the Dales

• Campaigning for affordable housing, whether new build of conversion, to meet the needs of rural communities

• Minimising the impact of quarrying in the national park.

Former significant campaigns

• Yorkshire Dales National Park / Lake District National Park extension - successful extension in 2016

• Protecting Green Lanes

• Public Rights of Way and Access

• Support for the saving of the Settle to Carlisle line

• Setting up of Dales Bus - and annual support which is ongoing