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Wildflower Festival

Wildflowers flourish in the Yorkshire Dales because the area is home to an amazing variety of wildlife habitats, such as ancient woodlands, moors, traditionally-managed meadows and limestone pavement. Our annual Flowers of the Dales Festival aims to showcase how this... View Article

£2.2 boost for rural economy!

We are very excited to announce that we have successfully secured £2.2 million in LEADER funding which will be distributed as grants from 2015-2020! The aim is to support farming and rural enterprise projects that will help to promote economic... View Article

The day we met George…

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

Festive Cheer in the Dales

One of the highlights of the YDMT calendar is our Christingle craft session which we organise through our award-winning education and outreach programme ‘People and the DALES’. On a snowy December day we joined a group of Christian women from Malhamdale and... View Article

Dales Rural Trainees

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

Double Your Tenner!

HUGE thanks to everyone who donated – please note that the match-fund pot has now been fully allocated to local charities like YDMT. Any donations made now will still make a huge difference to our work but will not be... View Article