May 19, 2011
Addi Street is sheltered housing provided by Catholic Care for adults with mental health issues in Bradford. A group of 10 tenants came lambing at Ribblehead a few weeks ago as part of the People and the DALES programme. The following... View Article
October 21, 2010
This blog was written by Hannah – who we’ve had the pleasure of having with us on work experience this week. “This week I have been doing work experience at the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust. I chose to come here for a... View Article
October 18, 2010
Meeting people from new places and different communities is often difficult. Our People and the DALES project is helping to break down some of the barriers by setting up links between communities. Two groups who recently became acquanted through the project were a group of young people from Girlington Community Centre in... View Article
June 4, 2010
A glorious, cold but sunny March day, that really felt like the beginning of spring saw our People and the DALES team out with a group, marking the start of a new season of visits. Gail Smith, who is one... View Article
April 27, 2010
Our People and the DALES team are really starting to get busy with activities out in the Dales now that Spring has arrived. One of Judy’s groups recently lent a hand to the Bodger at Bolton Abbey – working in the woods. Richard Law is the bodger... View Article
March 23, 2010
Judy, our People and the Dales Community Worker and prize winning cheese-cake eater (sorry Judy!), took a group from Bradford on a tour of Skipton in March. Follow this link to see the Groups video diary of their day out. http://animoto.com/play/4TdVSERKszDIORDSh1LIOA#... View Article
February 2, 2010
In 2004 the Home Office agreed to accept up to 500 refugees a year under a resettlement programme run by the United Nations. Under this scheme some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees, including many who have lived in refugee camps... View Article
December 21, 2009
YDMT run the People and the DALES project, which is helping disadvantaged and disabled people who live in urban areas to come to the Dales and enjoy different activities in our beautiful countryside. We also hope to inspire people who... View Article
November 26, 2009
Gail Smith is one of our People and the DALES Community Workers. The People and the DALES project, which is run by Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, aims to enable all sorts of community groups – lots of which are from deprived inner-city areas – to come... View Article
October 23, 2009
This past week we’ve enjoyed having Izzy around, who is on work experience from Settle College. As it’s now coming to the end of her week with us I asked her if she would write a bit about her experience of working at... View Article
