YOUNG volunteers who give up their own time to help preserve the beauty of one of Britain’s most beloved landscapes have been given some practical help.

The North York Moors National Park’s Explorer Club have new equipment thanks to a £200 donation for the New Lyke Wake Club.

The money was used to buy tools such as spades, trowels and secateurs to help them carry out their woek.

The Explorer Club meets one Sunday a month and allows families to learn about the habitats of the park while playing an active role in caring for them with projects such as tree planting and footpath restoration.

Child-sized tools are available and wildlife cameras, digital microscopes and other kit are on offer to those attending to enhance the experience.

The general secretary of the New Lyke Wake Club, Gerry Orchard, said: “Although run by unpaid volunteers and not run for profit, we do raise a small amount of money for good causes – a great example of this being the Explorer Club.

“The New Lyke Wake Club feels that it is paramount that people are educated from an early age in an encouraging environment to respect the countryside and ensure that it remains as a legacy for future generations.

“The Explorer Club achieves these goals as well as doing practical good by means of path repairs, tree planting and the like and, perhaps more importantly, it’s fun.”

The Lyke Wake Walk is a forty-mile crossing of the North York Moors from Osmotherley to Ravenscar.