Aila Taylor recently joined YDMT as a Woodland Trainee. In her blog she tells us about her hopes for improving accessibility to the Yorkshire Dales for everyone, and how YDMT helps asylum seekers and others to do just that through... View Article
Tag Archive: diversity
Curry cook-off in the Yorkshire Dales
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
No ordinary weekend in the Dales
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
Refugee Week 2021: We cannot walk alone
June 16, 2021
The theme of this years Refugee Week is: We cannot walk alone. It seemed like a great time to share some of the remarkable stories of people we have met – and often walked with – through our People and... 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
Community leaders go walking…
March 31, 2020
Our training weekend brings together community organisers from Bradford, Leeds and Blackburn to learn navigation skills and group leadership in the Yorkshire Dales. The idea is that the participants will then have the knowledge needed to take their own groups... View Article
Diversity in the Dales – our countryside is open to all
December 19, 2018
In September Rosie joined Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT) as our new Outreach trainee. Working across two projects, Green Futures and Stories in Stone, she’s been helping to reach groups of people from diverse communities and welcome them to the beautiful... View Article
People and the DALES turns 10!
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.
