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Blue Sky Green Space

This document outlines in the broadest sense the wide range of green spaces – from parks and gardens to city farms, country parks, woodlands and wildlife sites to play areas,...

 
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Get your hands on a Yorkshire Futures publication

Yorkshire Futures have printed copies of research publications available to collect from our offices in central Leeds. The publications cover a wide range of social, economic and environmental topics relating...

 
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The Localism Bill - Sign our joint statement!

The Localism Bill will have a fundamental influence on the shape and development of our communities. Through the introduction of neighbourhood planning and a duty for local authorities to cooperate,...

 
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Job Vacancy: RSPB Area Conservation Manager

RSPB are looking for an experienced manager to lead delivery of our conservation programme in the North East, Yorkshire & the Humber. Challenges and opportunities in this area are immense; coastal...

 
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Job Vacancy: Sheffield Renewables Construction Project Manager

Sheffield Renewables requires a construction project manager (community hydro power) to bring forward plans for our Jordan Dam Hydro Scheme. The work is offered urgently as a three month temporary...

 
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Managing green spaces- seven ingredients for success

England’s parks and green spaces are being managed in a context which is changing fast and fundamentally. Councils are being given greater autonomy to determine the services they...

 
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Monitoring progress in the sub and city regions

The latest economic, social and environmental data for the sub and city regions are now available on the Yorkshire Futures website. Since last year the policy and funding landscape...

 
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National Park hydro scheme wins award

A community hydropower scheme in the Yorkshire Dales National Park has won a regional green award. The River Bain hydro project at Bainbridge won the ‘Best Community’ category in the...

 
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Natural England and Yorkshire Water protect the region’s top wildlife sites

Yorkshire Water and Natural England have been working together to improve the fortunes of some of the region’s top wildlife sites. Yorkshire’s Sites of Special Scientific Interest protect some of...

 
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National Park schemes to lessen impact of climate change

The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) is working hard to help local people to offset the effects of climate change. National Climate Change Week, which starts today (March 21),...

 
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