Your North Yorkshire June 2023

Fund will support community work to tackle loneliness

Community and voluntary groups in North Yorkshire are being given hundreds of thousands of pounds in funding through a county-wide strategy to help to tackle social isolation.

Behind the scenes at the Great Yorkshire Show

It was Victorian pomp which put the ‘great’ into the Great Yorkshire Show, a decision taken just a few years after it was established in 1838.

A lady putting recycling in a compost bin

Start home composting with our bargain bin offer

If you are lucky enough to have a garden, the best way to deal with garden waste is by home composting.

Craven Pride - children with a pride flag

Skipton celebrates Pride with four days of events

A wide variety of acts and entertainment culminating in a street party will make a triumphant return as Skipton Pride welcomes people in unity and solidarity.

Are you eligible for energy efficiency grant?

North Yorkshire residents can apply for a new grant to help their home become more energy efficient.

Pet crematorium offers a dignified farewell

Our new pet crematorium on Wetherby Road, Harrogate, which opened this year, offers a personalised, dignified cremation service.

Children looking at the Sophia sculpture

Pupils enjoy preview of landmark sculpture

Pupils from Northallerton came face-to-face with a sculpture being created for the town’s multi-million pound Treadmills development.

Big summer event showcases best of coastal town

A family summer spectacular will showcase and celebrate the best of one of North Yorkshire’s coastal towns.

Harrogate Carnival - credit Charlotte Graham for Harrogate International Festivals

What’s on: get into the swing of summer

The summer is in full swing and elsewhere in this issue we highlight the forthcoming Great Yorkshire Show as a lynchpin of the county’s summer calendar.

Free music festival provides a perfect day out

A bustling atmosphere at a free music festival provided a perfect day out for children and young people with disabilities and special educational needs and their families.

Beef shorthorn parade at the show in 1951.

A peek into past at highlights of our farming calendar

For many people in North Yorkshire, the progress of summer can be measured by the agricultural shows that are a highlight of the calendar in all parts of our county.