Yorkshire and the Humber community action
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.
News[edit | edit source]
"Our Future" is Grimsby celebrating its native resources, coming together as a community ready for the century's challenges, Daily Alternative (Nov 07, 2024) - “‘Tell the truth’ didn’t just mean the facts of climate breakdown, it meant the heartbreaking truth of our own potential." Gully Bujak on Cooperation Hull, Daily Alternative (Aug 30, 2024)
- ‘Empowering and healing, people’s assemblies are the future of democracy’, positive.news (Aug 21, 2024)
- The UK’s international commitments on climate and nature could soon become law – and better protect our environment, theconversation.com (Jan 22, 2025) — Climate and Nature Bill (CAN Bill), includes a climate and nature citizens’ assembly
- Warm spaces event giving out advice and goods, BBC News (Jan 22, 2025)
- Why improving social housing could be remarkably simple (and affordable), theconversation.com (Jan 17, 2025)
- Indigenous communities in the Philippines restore a mountain forest to prevent urban flooding, news.mongabay.com (Jan 20, 2025)
- The challenge now is deciding how to rebuild safely in areas destroyed by fire, Editorial, Los Angeles Times (Jan 19, 2025)
- A Court Says Coastal Marine Ecosystems Have Intrinsic Value—and Legal Rights, insideclimatenews.org (Jan 17, 2025)
Video gallery 1[edit | edit source]
Networks, sustainability initiatives and community involvement[edit | edit source]
- 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
- Kirklees Democracy Commission, "We're growing a stronger local", democracycommission.org.uk, link checked 17:15, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
- Heading Upstream, Barnsley's Innovations for Social Justice, 2017 centreforwelfarereform.org
- Open Shop, York
- Bradford Community Environment Project
- Kirkbymoorside Environment Group
- Marsden & Slaithwaite Transition Towns
- Transition Richmond Yorkshire
Localism[edit | edit source]
- 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
Community and voluntary action[edit | edit source]
Hambleton Community Action, Northallerton
Food activism[edit | edit source]
- Community Allotment Growing Newsome
- Community orchard Growing Newsome
- Incredible Edible Todmorden (Community group)
- Todmorden's edible green route, on urbanpollinators.co.uk
- Incredible Edible Wakefield
- The Real Junk Food Project
- theshipleyfoodproject
Community energy[edit | edit source]
Land activism[edit | edit source]
- Yorkshire, landjustice.uk, added 10:25, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
Housing[edit | edit source]
- YorSpace, bringing a fairer kind of housing to York, added 07:54, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
- Low carbon housing: lessons from Elm Tree Mews, York, 2010
Social inclusion[edit | edit source]
- Carecent centre for all homeless, unemployed or disadvantaged members of York's community
- Stamp Out Poverty campaign, York
For multiple deprivation in England, measured by the Indices of deprivation 2007, the most deprived council districts in the region are, in descending order – Kingston upon Hull (11th in England), Bradford (32nd), Doncaster (41st), Barnsley (43rd), North East Lincolnshire (49th), Sheffield (63rd), Wakefield (66th), Rotherham (68th), Kirklees (82nd), Leeds (85th), and Scarborough (97th). These areas are mostly represented by Labour MPs, with a few Conservative MPs representing parts of Leeds (with a Lib Dem MP) and North East Lincolnshire, and all of Scarborough. Apart from Scarborough, they are unitary authorities.
The least deprived districts are, in descending order – Harrogate, Hambleton, Richmondshire, Craven, and Selby – all in North Yorkshire. Like all of North Yorkshire, they are represented by Conservative MPs, aside from Selby which elected a Labour MP at the 2023 Selby and Ainsty by-election. At county level, the least deprived areas are, in descending order – North Yorkshire, York and the East Riding of Yorkshire which all have roughly the same level of deprivation, and lower than the majority of England, including Cheshire and Northamptonshire.
The region as a whole is one of the more deprived in England, measured by having far more Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in the 20% most deprived districts than the 20% least deprived districts.
Kingston upon Hull has the highest proportion of people not in education, employment or training NEETs in the region (and fairly high for the UK – 10.6%). This is another demographic extreme it shares with Knowsley in Merseyside.
In March 2011 the region had the third highest overall unemployment claimant count in England with 4.4%. For the region, Hull has the highest rate with 7.8% which is the highest for any English district; North East Lincolnshire is next with 6.4%, and Doncaster has 5.2%. Richmondshire has the lowest rate with 1.8% and Harrogate is next lowest with 1.9%. W
Commons[edit | edit source]
- Long Lands Common, added 16:20, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle[edit | edit source]
- Repair Cafe, The Tech, Holmfirth, holmfirthtech.co.uk
Citizens data initiative[edit | edit source]
Who Owns My Neighbourhood?, Kirklees land ownership data
Video gallery 2[edit | edit source]
Climate action[edit | edit source]
- 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)
Sustainable transport activism[edit | edit source]
- i-Travel York, (iTY) programme to encourage greater use of sustainable and active modes of travel (walking, cycling, public transport, car-sharing and eco-driving).
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.
Education for sustainability[edit | edit source]
Ecoversity, University of Bradford
Biodiversity[edit | edit source]
Friends of Skipwith Common - Rivelin Valley Conservation Group - Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - Yorkshire Nature Triangle
Environment quality[edit | edit source]
- Care4Air, South Yorskshire Clean Air Campaign
Trees, woodland and forest[edit | edit source]
- 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
About Yorkshire and the Humber[edit | edit source]
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
Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. The population in 2021 was 5,480,774 with its largest settlements being Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, and York.
Near you[edit | edit source]
