Environment Health General

BEES – Environmental Education Walking for Health There are lots of great parks, museums Services (part of Bradford YMCA) Tel 01274 322587 and galleries that are free for you to enjoy Tel 01274 513102 Join a local walking group near you, get out and in an around the Bradford District, with www.bees-ymca.org.uk about in your local area, meet new people and lots of events happening throughout the improve your health through walking! Manages local nature reserves and orchards. year. Run weekly volunteers conservation days usually For more information of a group near to you on a Friday. Can organise practical taster Why not try… sessions for groups and educational visits. Cycle Champions Tel 01274 223236 in Manningham, BCEP – Bradford Community Environment Get on a bike with CTC’s local cycling project. Lister Park tel 01274 433828 Project tel 01274 431212 Tel 01274 223236 Healthy Living Network A wonderful park to walk round with a botanical www.bcep.org.uk Tel 01535 677177 gardens, Mughal water gardens, boating lake Runs a range of environmental projects www.khln.co.uk and Cartwright Hall Gallery. including gardening and growing your own fruit Offers a range of health related activities to and veg. Opportunities for volunteering and people living in and around Keighley including Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley getting a project started in your area. exercising and healthy eating. Tel 01535 618231 Home to a range of displays about the natural Bradford Apple Group Sport Keighley environment and history of the local area. Look Contact through BEES or BCEP above. www.sportkeighley.com out for their great community events too. Help promote development of local orchards Have details of a range of sporting activities in and locally grown fruit. Organise Bradford Keighley including walking groups and walk Bracken Hall Countryside Centre Apple Day and a range of events through out routes around the area. Tel 01274 584140 the year. Based at Shipley Glen in Bradford Bracken Hall Forest of Bradford lots of activities and displays exploring local Tel 01274 253440 wildlife, they run activities for young people www.beat.org.uk during the holidays and walks at weekends. Runs tree planting days in and around Bradford District. Find out more or a park near you… www.bradforddistrictparks.org BEF – Bradford Environment Forum www.bradfordmseums.org www.bradfordenvironment.org.uk www.bradford.gov.uk A website with details of a range of environmental groups, projects and events happening in and around Bradford. You’ve had a visit to the Yorkshire Helping to look after our Dales but what can you do back home? environment… There are lots of groups on your People doorstep that you can get involved in. There are some simple things you can So why not join one and… do to help look after the environment and the outdoors to make it a great improve your health, place for everyone to enjoy. and the

meet people • Use buses, trains, or even better walk or cycle places. DALES help make your local environment a Walking and cycling are also great better place for everyone to enjoy. ways to get some exercise while Diversity, Access, Learning, you’re going somewhere! Environment and Sustainability Or organise your own day out to the • Protect plants and animals, Dales for how to get there information don’t leave or drop litter – take go to your rubbish home with you and taking it back home to… www.wymetro.com/HowToGetTo/TheDales put it in the bin. Bradford Metroline – 0113 245 7676 • Be safe plan ahead and follow any signs. & District People and the DALES is a project run • Leave gates and property as you by YDMT that helps disadvantaged find them. groups get out into the Yorkshire • Consider other people Dales. YDMT is a charity that works • Leave a place as you would like on a range of projects that support to find it – leave only footprints the environmental, social and and take only photographs! economic well-being of this special area. To find out more about our work or how you can help visit People and the DALES www.ydmt.org Millennium Trust Old Post Office, Main St Clapham, LA2 8DP 015242 51002