A NORTH Yorkshire trust is set to double any donations for young people and the environment on Giving Tuesday this month.

The Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust's "Together for Trees" campaign will launch on November 30 and, for one week, donations made through The Big Give website will be doubled.

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Money raised will help create small woodlands, hedgerows and wildlife corridors to connect the patchwork of habitats in the Yorkshire Dales.

The campaign is headed by local charity Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust and is supported by the family owned and independent builders merchant JT Atkinson.

Jamie Atkinson, managing director at JT Atkinson and Sons, said: "We are delighted to support a local environmental charity."

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