September 22, 2021
Our first People and the DALES residential since the start of Covid-19 saw 24 women and children from the Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary Leeds come to Gearstones Lodge near Ribblehead. An ordinary weekend of fun and activity... View Article
June 28, 2021
Caves and their environment across the Ingleborough area have been conserved thanks to a partnership between cavers, volunteers and Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT). Close to 30 projects have been completed, including graffiti cleaning at Katnot Cave, scrap removal from... View Article
Thanks to funding from The Ernest Cook Trust national educational charity, our Green Mentor Rosie Russell-Cohen has been empowering young green influencers to make a real difference to their local area and, ultimately, the planet. Recently, she has been working... View Article
April 26, 2021
Planting trees is one of the best things you can do to fight climate change. They sequent carbon, provide a superb habitat for a variety of different flora and fauna, and will become amazing breathing spaces we can all enjoy. And... View Article
February 10, 2021
Cat Hole Barn is just one of the 10 iconic barns we have helped to restore recently – and doesn’t it look great? Through our Stories in Stone scheme, funded largely by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, we worked with specialist... 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
November 12, 2020
Drystone walls, barns, stepping stones, fountains, milestones … the Yorkshire Dales landscape has a special heritage that makes it one of the most unique in the world. Since 1996, we’ve helped to restore these iconic features to ensure future generations... View Article
November 9, 2020
Back in Autumn, our Young Ambassador Rosemary Kelly swapped Cumbria for Deep Springs College in California to live, study and labour on a small cattle ranch / university that teaches Hobbesian philosophy and horsemanship. Her new home is a two-hour... View Article
