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West Yorkshire Rural Partnership

Introduction

Set up in 2002, the West Yorkshire Rural Partnership comprises over 20 diverse organisations who work together to promote and deliver a better quality of life for those working and living in rural West Yorkshire.

Members of the Partnership are as follows:

• The five Metropolitan District Councils (members and officers) -
  Bradford Metropolitan District Council|
  Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
  Kirklees Metropolitan Council|
  Leeds City Council|
  City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council|
• Leeds City Region |
• Natural England|
• Local Government Yorkshire and Humber
• Rural Action Yorkshire|
• Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)|
• Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
• Rural Parish Council – Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees
• Rural Parish Council – Leeds and Wakefield
• Yorkshire Local Councils Association
• Pennine Prospects|
• Metro|
• Pennine Heritage
• Landowners
• Private Sector
• NFU (National Farmers Union)
• Growing Routes|
• WYLDA (West Yorkshire Local Development Agency)
• Lantra|
• Action for Market Towns
• The Waterways Trust
• Environment Agency|
• Yorkshire Agricultural Society
• Yorkshire and Humber Financial Capability Forum
• Voluntary Action Calderdale| and
• Regional Food and Farming Forum.

The Partnership has been tasked with steering the delivery of a programme of rural activity across the sub-region, including the West Yorkshire Rural Access to Opportunities programme and South Pennines LEADER.

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