Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust

Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1061687).

Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, set up to protect and conserve the Yorkshire Dales for public benefit, including its buildings of architectural, historic or educational merit and its flora and fauna. Its activities range from conserving the landscape's environmental and heritage features to countryside apprenticeships, supporting local communities and encouraging sustainable development. It raises and distributes funds through flexible grants and support for community-led action, with designated funds that support the People, Landscape and Wildlife of the Dales and surrounding areas. It awarded £335,741 in its most recent reported year.

Priority Areas

YDMT makes grants to help community organisations and passionate people deliver projects that advance its aims for people, landscape and wildlife. Its community grants work with grass root and community organisations; eligible applicants include public bodies, voluntary and community groups, social enterprises, charities, partnerships, young people, individuals, landowners, farmers and businesses. Project Grants support defined projects, while Unrestricted Grants can contribute to organisations’ revenue costs. Its aims are to help people live in, visit and care for the area, protect and enhance the landscape and culture, and protect and enhance wildlife. Woodland grants support new woodlands, hedgerows and landscape trees in named protected landscapes. YDMT also supports young people to develop and deliver small-scale environmental projects. Applications are assessed for fit with the strategic aims and value for money; woodland proposals should contribute to natural heritage, public access or visibility, and local community support.

Themes

• Community-led projects
• Landscape and culture
• Wildlife conservation
• Woodland creation
• Young people's environmental projects

Geographic Focus

Yorkshire Dales National Park; Nidderdale National Landscape; Forest of Bowland National Landscape.

For YDMT community grants, applicants can contact the Grants Officer to discuss a project idea.

Who can apply:

• YDMT Grants
  • Projects and organisations must be within the Yorkshire Dales National Park or Nidderdale National Landscape, or close to their boundaries. Projects and organisations outside of this area that clearly provide significant benefits to the area or its communities may still be considered.
  • We welcome applications from public bodies, voluntary and community groups, social enterprises, charities, partnerships, young people, individuals, landowners, farmers and businesses.
• Woodland grants: To be eligible for funding your proposed woodland should significantly conserve, enhance or add to the natural heritage; be accessible to the general public or be clearly visible from a public right of way; and be supported by the local community.
• Grants for young people: Your project must be within the Yorkshire Dales National Park or Nidderdale AONB, or close to their boundaries. Projects outside of this area that clearly provide significant benefits to the area or its communities may still be considered.

What to send:

• Woodland grants
  • A Woodland Grant Proposal form must be submitted as the first stage of the application process.
  • If successful at the first stage, complete a full application form.
• Grants for young people: YDMT Grants Application Form.

What the charity says:

• Applications are scored on how closely they deliver the strategic aims and on value for money.
• Woodland proposals should significantly conserve, enhance or add to the natural heritage.
• Woodland proposals should be accessible to the general public or clearly visible from a public right of way.
• Woodland proposals should be supported by the local community.
• The main focus of woodland applications should be planting native broadleaf woodland.