July 29, 2015
People and the DALES gives children and adults from disadvantaged backgrounds the chance to experience the Yorkshire Dales. Over the last 10 years 7,000 people have benefited from a life-changing day out in the countryside. Each one has their own story to tell.
December 15, 2014
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
June 18, 2010
When Gillian, YDMT’s Grassroots Grants Officer, isn’t hard at work giving out community grants she’s off doing far more exotic things! Here’s a photo of Gillian playing with the samba reggae drumming band she’s part of called Batala Lancaster. This photo was taken at Roughbeats festival, an independent... 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
November 13, 2009
Gillian Muir is our Grassroots Grants Officer. Grassroots is a grant scheme that provides small amounts of funding (up to £5k) to community groups in North Yorkshire. So Gillian always seems to be out & about visiting really interesting projects. The most recent projects to receive funding have included a... View Article
