Yorkshire Dales National Parks recently launched, with our help, the ‘Go Dales’ project. Supported by Sport England through National Lottery funding, it aims to introduce 16 to 25-year-olds from the Keighley, Bradford, Craven and Richmondshire areas to the National Park and to the huge range of adventurous sports it offers. It then acts as a link between the young people and clubs and organisations specialising in their chosen activity. The project has had a great start and spirits were not dampened by our ’soggy’ summer.

Kath Needham, the Go Dales! Project Officer, said “We have had a very successful first year which culminated in the project being involved in the Bradford Metropolitan District Council’s annual Champions Challenge in July when 40 young people came into the National Park to share new outdoor experiences, test their teamwork and work on conservation-themed activities led by YDNPA staff.”

The project continues to progress this autumn and the main focus is now on the spring of 2010 – to find out more please contact us or go to the GoDales website on http://www.godales.org.uk/