# Drax backs Selby partnership, strengthening local access and opportunity

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/drax-backs-selby-partnership-strengthening-local-access-and-opportunity/4121249850
- Published: 2026-04-24T12:12:00+01:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

Drax has joined a new strategic partnership in Selby aimed at improving how local
residents access support, employment pathways and essential services, a move that
carries broader relevance for investors assessing the group’s regional positioning
and community relationships.

The initiative, known as Selby Connected, brings together organisations from the
private, public and voluntary sectors to tackle persistent barriers affecting people
across Selby and nearby villages. Drax is helping lead the partnership alongside
Up for Yorkshire, with the stated goal of creating a more joined-up local network
that can improve access to information, services and opportunities over the longer
term.

The company is aligning itself with a practical, place-based programme designed 
to address issues that can shape local labour availability, social cohesion and 
the broader operating environment around one of its most visible UK assets.

Research cited by the partnership found that fewer than one in three Selby residents
know where to access financial advice and support, despite a range of services already
being available locally. Awareness of specialist employment support, including skills
training and work experience opportunities, was reported to be below a quarter of
residents.

_**[Drax Group plc](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/drax-group-plc/drx.l)**(
LON:DRX), trading as Drax, is a power generation business. The principal downstream
enterprises are based in the UK and include Drax Power Limited, which runs the biomass
fuelled Drax power station, near Selby in North Yorkshire._

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