50% of funds raised by the the event will be donated to Forus Tree, a worker's co-operative who have a tree nursery above Mytholmroyd with 50,000 young trees.

Their target for tree planting in the Upper Calder Valley and beyond is 100,000 trees in winter/spring 2025.

Forus Tree have over 20 years of tree planting experience and their aim is to reduce the effects of climate change and restore biodiversity. During their Friday volunteer sessions they share skills and knowledge, bring people together to enjoy Yorkshire's great countryside and contribute towards a more sustainable future.

The 2024 Source to Sea event donated £500 to ForUs Tree.

 

 
 

Community Partners

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

INspirational bit

 

“I have fled my country and gone to the heather.”

Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights (1847)

 

“And the moors were always there and never without their promise.”

J.B.Priestley

Bright Days (1944)

 

“Water, that strong white stuff, can here be seen at its origins. It wells from the rock, and flows away. For unnumbered years it has welled from the rock and flowed away. It does nothing, absolutely nothing, but be itself.”

Nan Shepherd

The Living Mountain (1977)