This site is administered by both the Affetside Millennium Green Trust and the Affetside Society The Affetside Millennium Green Trust was the second  organised group to form within the Village. It started out  it life in 1997 with the formation of a ‘steering group’ to  oversee the creation of a Village Green on a dis-used bus  turn-around in the centre of the Village In 1997 it became known that GMPTE were open to offers for the sale of a  disused bus turn-around  that they had created in  the centre of the village  in the late 1970’s. The  land was adjacent to a  large private dwelling  that was interested in  purchasing the bus turn-around and redeveloping it as tennis  courts. Around this time The Countryside Commission had just started their project to form 250 Millennium Greens across the country by the turn of the Millennium. A group of residents held a meeting in the village church to gauge the  interest of the community and a  steering group was formed in order to pursue the funding that was available to create a public area in the village  centre. The driving force behind this  was Peter Morris (pictured right), and we are grateful to Peter for his energy, drive and persistence in getting the Green  completed. Unfortunately, Peter never enjoyed the benefit of his labours for too long as he moved away from the village shortly after its completion. A design was drafted in conjunction with the school and the  Green today still has many features that the school children  wished to see; unfortunately, the school children did not get to use the Green too often as shortly after the Greens’ completion the Labour controlled council decided to close the school despite there being a rising roll and superb SATS results. The whole process of design and construction took over three years from inception to completion. One of the qualifying  criteria was that a charitable trust was formed by residents to manage the upkeep and running of the Green. The charitable trust is still running with the trust members  being active in their fundraising so that residents and visitors  alike can continue to enjoy the Green today.