Case Studies
Yorventure has invested almost £8 million in more than 300 projects in York and North Yorkshire and now supports projects in Northern Bradford through tax credits received by Bradford Metropolitan District Council generated by the Yorwaste landfill site at Skipton.
Since Yorventure was first established in 1997, grants have been distributed to a variety of different community and environmental projects; here are just a few examples:
- Silsden Toddler Play Area
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Silsden lies 5 miles from the Yorwaste Skibeden landfill site at Skipton. The project for a new and challenging play area for toddlers and young children was developed by the Silsden Youth Council, supported by Bradford Parks and Landscape Services.
- Wildlife Habitat Protection Trust – Old Park Plantation
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The Old Park Plantation lies within 10 miles of the Yorwaste Harewood Whin landfill site. The Wildlife Habitat Protection Trust was constituted in April 2006 and was gifted a mature unmanaged woodland.
Read the Case Study about Wildlife Habitat Protection Trust – Old Park Plantation
- Holgate Windmill
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Yorventure has supported the restoration of Holgate Windmill with two grants totalling £50,000, the first in 2007 for the new timber sub curb, flooring and staircase and again in 2008 for creation of toilet/washroom facilities in the Mill.
- Danby Beacon
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In 2007 Yorventure was approached by the Danby Beacon Trust for funding for a new working beacon on the ancient site known as Danby Beacon. A marker had existed on the site since Napoleonic time, the last one of which fell down some ten years ago.
