The RSPB is urgently looking for pin badge fundraising volunteers to help with placing and managing boxes in and around Settle, to raise funds for nature in crisis.
Boxes should be serviced every 4-8 weeks, donations paid in at your local post office and recorded online – all at a time that fits with your lifestyle and taking as little as an hour per month of your time.
Full training and equipment supplied, with support available at all times.
Please contact sue.overfield@rspb.org.uk for more information.
Last weekend was Settle’s annual Christmas Market and light switch-on event. It is lovely to see the town come together every year. Schools, businesses, residents and visitors all mingle in the market square to mark the start of the town’s festive period. As usual, there were plenty of proud parents as the local schools all […]
“FiPL” brings upland farm into profit 2 December 2025 A hill farmer in the Yorkshire Dales has credited a grants programme funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for making his farm “sustainable and profitable”. James Newhouse produces beef and lamb on gritstone hills above Long Preston in Craven. He […]
Father Christmas on the Settle Carlisle Line Bridge at Settle Station. Events Updates from JudithI went to Senior Circuits at Settle Swimming Pool on Wednesday lunchtime, Aqua-jogging in the evening – maybe Functional Fitness tomorrow. https://www.settleswimmingpool.co.uk/swimming/timetable/Settle Community Christmas Day Meal. If you live in Settle or a village nearby and know anyone who might be alone – […]