The Yorkshire Society

This Yorkshire Society is now the only Yorkshire society in Britain. It was established in 1980 to counter the abolition of Yorkshire’s then county councils, and was started with a grand but important purpose – to protect Yorkshire as a place and celebrate Yorkshireness as a culture. Celebrating all that is great about our county, promoting our heritage and supporting the talented people, communities and businesses within it to thrive. The Yorkshire Society, was founded in 1980 and is almost certainly the first and only one ever to be based in Yorkshire itself. It was started as a non-political, not for profit organisation to encourage businesses, charities and individuals from or living in all parts of Yorkshire to join in “promoting the county”. We realised that the ordinary people of Yorkshire can do extraordinary things when they work together with characteristic grit and determination. So, in addition, The Yorkshire Society now works for the greater good and gives the people of Yorkshire a collective voice on the issues that matter to them.