June 13, 2025
Community is the kind of superpower that doesn’t make headlines, but it can change everything – especially when you’re in a new place. ‘Community as a superpower!’ is the theme of Refugee Week 2025. It is also a concept that... View Article
June 13, 2025
Earlier this year, we were thrilled to be one of 30 innovative projects selected to be part of the Bradford City of Culture Creative Health programme, which will use the transformative power of culture, creativity and collaboration, to tackle some... View Article
September 19, 2024
YDMT’s People and the DALES project empowers people from underserved communities to spend time in the Dales and connect with nature. For the last 16 years we’ve been working with one of these groups, BIASAN, to support the refugee community... View Article
November 13, 2023
In July, our People and the DALES team welcomed mums from Bradford and our new Trustee Noreen Khan to the woods above Austwick Hall for a culinary competition by campfire – a curry cook-off in the woods! The women are part of NEESIE,... View Article
October 14, 2015
People and the DALES' Hill Skills training weekends help to give community groups the skills and confidence to enjoy the countryside safely and independently in the future.
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
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
