In our first GYR team spotlight feature, we meet Kate Colledge from Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust.

Partner spotlight on Don Catchment Rivers Trust and plans for for their next phase of river restoration, following the success of salmon returning to the River Don.

You can now sign up to receive a quarterly newsletter from the Great Yorkshire Rivers Partnership via email. Read our first issue here and join our mailing list to get future issues straight to your inbox.

2025 has seen the Great Yorkshire Rivers Partnership move forward with great pace. The Partnership opened its first window to access funding from the £12,197,469.57 core project funding in May 2025.  

Great Yorkshire Rivers(GYR) - a partnership between Yorkshire Water, the Environment Agencyand The Rivers Trust– starts its next phase of funding of over £21 million investment to support river health and fish migration and open up over 500km of Yorkshire rivers.

In March 2025 Ofwat announced that following its investigation into Yorkshire Water’s wastewater treatment works and networks, a £40m redress package will be invested in Yorkshire. 

The Great Yorkshire Rivers Partnership is pleased to be featured on the Dam Removal Europe website, in an article where we outline the catchment challenge, the solutions barrier removal is playing and the expected outcomes.