Christmas Appeal 2024

This winter, your countryside needs you more than ever.

As winter’s frost transforms our beloved Yorkshire hills and dales into a Christmas card scene, threats gather that could forever alter this timeless beauty.

Every week brings new proposals that risk forever changing our rural communities – from vast housing estates obliterating meadows, to large scale solar farms looming over our hills, to hedgerow removal which all contribute to eroding our cherished landscapes. These aren’t just changes to the view – they risk destroying the very character that makes our countryside so magical not just during the festive season – but all year round, and add to the already devastating decline of wildlife across our country.

But together, we can protect what makes North and East Yorkshire so special. While others protest after decisions are made, CPRE NEY’s expert team works tirelessly through the planning process with the aim of preventing harmful development before it begins. Our specialist approach combines professional expertise with passionate advocacy, ensuring your voice is heard where it matters most.

Will you stand with us this winter to protect the countryside that needs you?

Your care today will help protect North and East Yorkshire’s countryside by:

• Scrutinising complex planning applications that threaten our countryside
• Providing expert guidance to local communities fighting inappropriate development
• Campaigning upfront with Councils for policy that ensures ‘right development in the right place’

– Championing sustainable solutions that protect both our environment and rural way of life

Three Ways to Make a Difference this Christmas

1. Become a Guardian of Our Countryside For just £5 a month, you can join CPRE North and East Yorkshire as a member and be part of our powerful voice for positive change. This Christmas, why not share your passion by gifting a membership to someone special? Together, you’ll help safeguard the landscapes that hold so many precious memories.
2. Make a One-Time Gift Your gift of £30 or whatever you can afford to give today could protect our beautiful countryside- whether its scrutinising a crucial planning application or supporting a local community protecting their corner of North and East Yorkshire. Every pound helps ensure that progress enhances, rather than erases, the essential character of our beloved countryside.
3. Give Monthly By becoming a regular supporter, you’ll help protect our beautiful landscapes long after the Christmas lights fade. Your ongoing commitment, whatever you can afford, creates a lasting legacy – preserving the views, wildlife, and communities that make North and East Yorkshire truly special.

Choose the way that means most to you, and help write the next chapter in our countryside’s story.

Together, we can ensure future generations inherit the breathtaking landscapes and thriving rural communities that make North East Yorkshire truly special.

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