Supporter groups in Yorkshire

Monthly illustrated talks on a wide variety of topics take place throughout the winter, except in December. Summer brings a programme of day trips to places of interest, often but not always to National Trust places.

Visits to at least some National Trust properties are also included in a summer annual away break (usually Monday to Friday) by coach to different parts of the country. The Lake District, Devon, Surrey and Norfolk have featured in recent years.

Please come along to any of the talks – just turn up at Cottingham Civic Hall on the third Thursday of the month at 7.30pm.

For up-to-date details of events, please contact the membership secretary on email or call 01482 658984.

Our purpose is to have fun while raising funds for East Riddlesden Hall. Please join us if you want to be part of a friendly group of local people and volunteers who meet monthly between October and April (inclusive) on a Thursday at 2 pm in the Airedale Barn. Noting that we are out for lunch usually in October and January. The “Speaker Meetings’ are in November after the AGM, February, March and April at our Social in The Airedale Barn. Lunch outings locally, and the Social are extra to the Subscription.

For more information and to join the Friends of East Riddlesden Hall, please contact the Secretary on 01274 561958 or visit the shop at East Riddlesden Hall and ask for a Friends Registration Form.

Arranged by a volunteer committee, members are offered a year-round programme of social events ranging from talks to plays and musical evenings including visits to places of interest and a short break away.

Since their formation, the Friends have raised over a quarter of a million pounds to support restoration and conservation projects at the property and occasionally, at the Church of Our Lady and St Michael in Wragby.

If you are interested in joining, you can pick up a leaflet on your next visit to Nostell to find out more information and fill in the membership form. Alternatively, you can email or call 07885 832182.

An annual programme caters for a wide range of interests and typically includes enjoyable fundraising events, social functions, a winter season of illustrated talks, as well as country walks, planned holidays, and special visits to National Trust places and other properties.

They meet for lunch on the second Wednesday of the month between October and April. They publish a lively newsletter four times a year to keep members informed of the activities of the Association.

For more information and to join the Harrogate and the Dales Association, please contact the membership secretary on 01423 810699 or 07894 893091 or send them an email.

They are a very active group and offer their members a wide range of activities throughout the year. Their summer programme includes visits to National Trust and other heritage properties by coach and car, and a programme of walks, including to local Trust properties Marsden Moor and Hardcastle Crags.

From autumn to spring, they provide a programme of talks in Huddersfield and Blackley near Elland to enable as many people as possible to attend.

They also provide opportunities for members to meet at pub lunches, afternoon teas at significant local properties and more formal meals, for example at Christmas.

For more information and to join the Holme and Calder Association, please contact the membership secretary by email or call 01484 845009.

Their objectives are to promote interest in and support for the work of the National Trust by enabling members to get more from their membership. The group holds monthly talks from October to May on Tuesday mornings in Headingley, Leeds.

The groups regularly supports their local properties Nostell and East Riddlesden Hall, but have also generously supported other, predominently Yorkshire, properties in recent years.

The Leeds and District Association welcomes visitors and new members.

Membership is less than £10 annually for a single membership, and just over that for two sharing an address.

They meet regularly throughout the year and the newsletter published quarterly keeps members informed of all activities of the Association and of forthcoming events.

For more information and to join the Leeds and District Association, please contact them on 0113 258 3346 or by email .

They support and promote the National Trust and to make National Trust membership even more enjoyable by providing a varied programme of activities for their members.

National Trust places recently helped by the group include the Longshaw Estate (school transport to the Activity Centre), Woolsthorpe Manor (telescopes for the Science Discovery Centre and replica costumes for the children), the Yorkshire Dales and Nostell Priory.

The Sheffield Association runs activities for members throughout the year including holidays by coach, day trips by coach and regular talks.

For any enquiries, please email the Membership Secretary

They help at several National Trust locations throughout West and North Yorkshire by doing work such as digging, fencing, clearing and planting.

Tasks are usually arranged every other Sunday throughout the year at locations such as:

• East Riddlesden Hall
• Brimham Rocks
• Beningbrough Hall
• Hardcastle Crags
• Yorkshire Dales

They also usually arrange two weekend tasks per year. One in Borrowdale in the Lake District in April, and another at Cragside, Northumberland in November.

Their programme of events includes a number of social events such as country walks, ten-pin bowling nights and, our Pudding Evening (where members bring their favourite puddings for tasting).

To find out more about joining, please send an email or call 0113 293 6214.

You can also find out more about the group by visiting their website.

The walks group is very active, with half-day, full-day and extended guided walks taking place throughout the year. They also organise regular talks on subjects of interest to members.

The organised day trips, on a host of different themes, are very popular. You will be picked up by coach, usually from a central point in York, and dropped off at the end of the day. Every year they organise some six or seven holidays, one or two to continental Europe, the rest within Britain.

Their social activities, such as coffee mornings, musical events, mystery tours with lunch and a Summer Garden Party, are very popular. You could also attend the informal drop-in light lunch every month at a local venue.

Any surplus funds they have at the end of the year are donated to local National Trust properties.

If you would like more information or to join the York Association, please get in touch. For general enquiries, please email them here or for membership enquiries email them here.

You can also visit their website.