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
September 19, 2024
Our Big Day Out in the Yorkshire Dales this summer saw young people from across Bradford coming together to do something positive for the environment. The Big Day Out is part of our Green Routes project – aimed at empowering... View Article
August 16, 2023
The theme of Refugee Week 2023 was ‘Compassion’. Compassion is what drives Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust’s (YDMT) People and the DALES team. They bring people to the Yorkshire Dales to foster connections with communities who otherwise might not be able... View Article
November 8, 2022
YDMT’s pilot Woodland Wellbeing project is bringing the wonders of the woods to young people who need it most. Connecting with nature provides many of the opportunities that young people need to develop life skills – confidence, self-esteem, self-understanding, building... View Article
August 16, 2022
As the loss of our iconic ash trees transforms the Dales landscape, planting field trees is increasingly important to replace and extend lost tree cover. Ash is prevalent in woodlands across the Dales and a landmark in our fields, farms,... View Article
February 23, 2022
Grants awarded to young people through the Youth Environmental Action Fund have supported 33 grassroots environmental projects so far, with a new round of funding opening in February 2022. So far more than £25,600 has been awarded to help bring... 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
