March 7, 2025
Our Countryside Worker Apprenticeship was one of six special apprenticeships “handpicked by experts” to mark the Coronation of The King, in recognition of their gold-standard green skills training. We were delighted to welcome a record cohort of new apprentices to the YDMT Rural... View Article
September 19, 2024
Getting jobs in the environment sector is not easy for young people. In 2021, we recruited our first YDMT Woodland Trainees to help address the shortage of young people coming into the forestry sector and to bring much-needed skills to... View Article
November 4, 2021
Introducing Keziah! Keziah (on the left!) joined our Environmental Apprenticeship Scheme this year, as an apprentice at Cumbria Wildlife Trust. “I’ve had an amazing experience so far,” Keziah said. “We’ve been dock pulling, nettle digging, bracken bashing, clearing barns, osprey... View Article
November 25, 2020
In November, we invited the young people involved in our Green Futures project to take over our social media channels and blog, to talk about what’s important to them about climate and the environment. In the face of a challenging... View Article
November 19, 2020
Melanie Shears is completing an Environmental Conservation apprenticeship through YDMT. Her placement is hosted by Cumbria Wildlife Trust, where she works as the Get Cumbria Buzzing Project Officer. She is also one of our Young Ambassadors. We caught up with... View Article
November 16, 2020
Giving young people the opportunity to experience the outdoors is something we are passionate about at YDMT. We work with the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority on their Young Rangers programme to provide regular practical conservation activities for groups of young... View Article
April 28, 2020
You may remember reading about Jade, our rural apprentice who had been working with Cumbria Wildlife Trust as a conservation officer since September 2018. She was one of the 2,516 young people we worked with in 2019. We’re pleased to... View Article
November 9, 2016
Environmental Apprentice Sian and other young people from across the North West came together to explore environmental issues at the Green Futures Youth Environment Summit.
February 5, 2015
We had an exciting morning in the Dales today that I thought we’d share with you… It’s been a bit of a whirlwind experience for Jo Boulter, our Dales Rural Trainees project co-ordinator, who received a call yesterday from our... View Article
November 21, 2014
Back in November 2013 we launched the Dales Rural Trainee Scheme, offering a group of young people aged 18-24 a life-changing opportunity: the chance to learn how to help look after the beautiful landscape of the Yorkshire Dales. Now 12 months on, the apprentices... View Article
