York Association of the National Trust
Our December Newsletter is now available
Welcome to the December Newsletter which we hope you enjoy reading. There is the latest
holiday review and another essay in our series about paintings from the NT Collection; as well as the chance to discover details of the plans for Winter/Spring 2025 activities. This year our
AGM and lunch will be held on Saturday 8th March at the Bar Convent, see page 5 for more information. There will be a
Holiday Planning Meeting at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday 18th February and there is a day trip to
Saltaire on Thursday 13th March. Booking forms are included with this Newsletter and on the website.
Catherine Brophy, Chair chair@yant.org.uk or newsletter@yant.org.uk
(You can read the full text of the Chair's Letter
here)
The next Newsletter will be published in March 2025
Forthcoming Events (Calendar)
Tuesday 18th February 2025 - Tours Advisory Meeting at 10 am followed by the Drop in Lunch from 12 noon - Theatre Royal's Upper Foyer.
Thursday 20th February 2025 - Short Walk - Stillington
Saturday 22nd February 2025 - Talk - "Elizabeth Montague & the Bluestockings"
Click here for details of events at our local NT properties
York Association of the National Trust
Your Membership Subscription
Please note that all membership subscriptions are due on 4 January 2025
In 2024 we increased our membership subscription rate from £8 to £10 and £14 to £18. Despite several notifications via the newsletter, many standing orders were not increased by the deadline of 4 January 2024. This resulted in many members posting cheques for the balance throughout the year. Some members did not pay the increase, so many memberships were lapsed. This involved many admin hours sending out letters, emails and updating the database. Not the outcome we wanted.
So, would all members who did not do so last year, please check that their standing orders for 2025 are set at the increased rates and, if not, increase them. Information regarding how much you paid last year will be available on your bank statement. As the committee is so small now, we are unable to spend time chasing up the correct payments again. Memberships will have to be lapsed if an underpayment is received, and the underpayment will be recorded as a donation.
A huge ‘Thank You’ to all those who did update their standing order payments as requested.
Any member who still pays by cheque or BACS, please ensure that we receive payment on time
Carole Wright
YANT Membership Secretary
Valerie Laud
YANT Treasurer
Please see the full letter here which contains payment instructions.
The next Half Day Walk will be on
Thursday 20th February 2025 - Stillington Circular Walk
Approximately 4 miles.

For further details see the Walks Page or contact the Walks Group (walks@yant.org.uk)
If you are intending to participate in any of our Walks, please read our latest note (available
here) which gives details of how our future Walks will be organised and run.
Please note, in particular, that Members wishing to take part in our walks must inform the Walks leader of their names and mobile telephone numbers so that the numbers of walkers may be known and recorded prior to the start of the walk.
Our next holiday will be:-
Northern Spain, featuring Santiago De Compostela
Monday 12th to Sunday 18th May 2025
From £2,195.00 per person
For further details see the Holidays Page or contact the Holidays Organiser (holidays@yant.org.uk)
To Book on this Holiday, contact Brightwater Holidays on 01334 657155
54th AGM, TALK and LUNCH
See page 5 of the December 2024 Newsletter and on the website here.
The Agenda is available here (Login required).
Our 54th AGM will be on Saturday 8th March 2025 followed by a Talk to be given by Rosemary Cooke - “The Nightingale Shore Murder”.
Full details of the AGM, Talk and Lunch will be on page 5 of the December Newsletter and on the
Talks page of our website.
Things we have done in the past (and are starting to do again)
