Community action/Yorkshire and the Humber

The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Yorkshire and the Humber.

• Yorkshire and the Humber community resources is a separate page.

• Our Future, Grimsby celebrating its native resources, coming together as a community ready for the century's challenges. Our Future on youtube.com, added 10:18, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
• East Marsh United, community group from the East Marsh of Grimsby, dedicated to transforming where we live for the better. added 10:00, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
• Bradford Environmental Action Trust
• Green Futures, Grimsby
• Students for Sustainability, University of Huddersfield on facebook
• Bradford Community Environment Project
• Kirkbymoorside Environment Group
• Marsden & Slaithwaite Transition Towns
• Transition Richmond Yorkshire

Cosmolocal discovery club

Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.

Future Rural Voices: perspectives on the countryside’s future

Authors: Campaign to Protect Rural England, 2.35 mins.

Date: 2026-05-07

Local Power, Lower Bills: Up the Energy!

Authors: Community Energy England, 1.38 mins.

Date: 2026-03-10

Tiree - This is Community Wealth Building

Authors: Scottish Community Alliance, 3.44 mins.

Date: 2025-11-18

Rural sustainability UK, Community energy UK, Community action/Argyll and Bute / ...This week's featured Global videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism

UK events

UK community action events

Global or international events

2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events

What's working well when it comes to food in Yorkshire?

Authors: Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, 3.30 mins.

Date: 2026-02-26

Bridestones Rewilded CIC

Authors: HSS, 2.37 mins.

Date: 2025-09-08

'Our Future' - a poem by Lisa February

Authors: Our Future, 2.09 mins.

Date: 2024-08-09

The Way We Do Things Around Here

Authors: Kirklees Democracy, Jul 5, 2022

East Marsh Community

Authors: Ethex, Mar 8, 2022

We Make Our Places What They Are

Authors: Kirklees Democracy, 2.20 mins.

Date: 2021-10-13

• Kirklees Democracy Commission, "We're growing a stronger local", democracycommission.org.uk, link checked 17:15, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
• Heading Upstream Published, Major report outlining Barnsley's success in promoting social justice through citizen and community action, 2017, citizen-network.org, link checked 09:19, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

• Supporting community business in Yorkshire and the Humber, powertochange.org.uk, added 11:45, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
• Yorkshire Party, building a stronger Yorkshire in a fairer UK

Hambleton Community Action, Northallerton

Introducing Village Green – Climate Action Rooted in Community

Authors: Community First Yorkshire., 2.44 mins.

Date: 2025-12-01

We are South Yorkshire Climate Alliance!

Authors: South Yorkshire Climate Alliance, Oct 4, 2021

• Climate Action Stokesley and Villages, helping the communities in Stokesley and the surrounding villages to take action on the interlinked crises of climate, food security, biodiversity, pollution and inequality by supporting and developing local initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, adapt to the changing climate, increase biodiversity and reduce pollution in an equitable way. added 16:49, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
• South Yorkshire Climate Alliance, "alliance of local organisations and individuals who are pressing for fair and effective action to tackle the climate and nature emergencies." added 13:59, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

From Wikipedia:Leeds and Liverpool Canal

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool.

Over a distance of 127 miles (204 km), crossing the Pennines, and including 91 locks on the main line. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal has several small branches, and in the early 21st century a new link was constructed into the Liverpool docks system.

Ecoversity, University of Bradford

Friends of Skipwith Common - Rivelin Valley Conservation Group - Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - Yorkshire Nature Triangle

• Care4Air, South Yorskshire Clean Air Campaign

Ancient woodland restoration - Yorkshire, Woodland Trust

Authors: The Woodland Trust, 4.00 mins.

Date: 2019-10-01

• Long Lands Common, added 16:19, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
• South Yorkshire Forest, partnership initiative started in 1991 and closed in 2016. From its inception to its closure, SYFP planted over 1 million trees. ^W

Past events

• May 5 Calder Bootstrap 2017, "a group of entrepreneurs, co-operators, activists and changemakers, looking to engage our community to co-create our next economy."

Campaigns

• Frack Free East Yorkshire, Coalition of Groups Opposed to Extreme Energy

From Wikipedia:Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. It is one of the three regions covering Northern England, alongside the North West England and North East England regions, and covers the historic and cultural Yorkshire area.

Hull - Leeds - Sheffield