Formed as a non political, not for profit organisation in 1980, the Yorkshire Society encourages businesses, charities and individual people from or living in all parts of Yorkshire to join together in "promoting the county". Membership of the Society is open to individuals and businesses alike to enable everybody to work towards and achieve common goals throughout the county.

Not only do we work with established organisations, in their efforts to generate and promote tourism in the county, but we also encourage and assist local branches of the society to fund and carry through projects in their own area. This wide ranging remit includes improving the beauty, attraction and amenities in the variety of villages, towns, historic houses, monuments and not least the countryside throughout Yorkshire.