Nurturing a Love of Nature: Trust Grant Connects Young People with Young Ranger Scheme - 20.06.2023

ORGINALLY POSTED 20TH JUNE 2023

Here at the North York Moors National Park Trust, connecting people with nature is one of our core missions.

We believe by supporting young people to access the magnificent North York Moors we can nurture a lifelong love of our natural world and inspire a valuable understanding of the challenges facing it, benefitting greatly the health and wellbeing of young people and planet.

Thanks to a grant awarded by the Alpkit Foundation, the North York Moors National Park Trust was able to help connect young people from communities in the North York Moors and surrounding areas with the National Park Authority’s Young Rangers scheme.

The grant provided transport that enabled 22 young people to explore being a Young Ranger in the North York Moors National Park on 17 and 18 June 2023.

The weekend residential demonstrated how positive action directly benefits our natural landscapes. The weekend empowered the young people to get active, to learn climate action and environment skills, and undertake practical conservation tasks which preserve and enhance the local nature within the North York Moors National Park

Tasks included learning about native juniper trees, carrying out monitoring surveys, and bracken bashing to allow the trees to flourish and increase in number. They also dipped in a moorland stream, developing a knowledge of how invertebrates act as important indicator of water quality and health of the stream.

The Alpkit Foundation aims to help people #GoNicePlacesDoGoodThings. Here at the Trust, we can confidently say that was certainly achieved with their support.

By donating to the North York Moors National Park Trust you can have a lasting impact by connecting young people with our local landscapes, nurturing a love of nature, and inspiring positive and important climate action, conservation, and preservation.