By Rosie Russell-Cohen – Youth and Communities Officer at YDMT and co-ordinates our Green Influencer project As climate change and other world events threaten our environment and wellbeing, it is more important than ever that young people get their voices heard.... 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
November 4, 2021
Introducing Keziah! Keziah (on the left!) joined our Environmental Apprenticeship Scheme this year, as an apprentice at Cumbria Wildlife Trust. “I’ve had an amazing experience so far,” Keziah said. “We’ve been dock pulling, nettle digging, bracken bashing, clearing barns, osprey... View Article
November 3, 2021
Thanks to support from the European Outdoor Conservation Association, our Plastic Free Woodlands project has already made significant progress in removing redundant plastic tree guards from the Yorkshire Dales landscape, championing alternatives, and highlighting the issue of plastics in forestry... View Article
We have seen many young people making an incredible difference to their communities and the environment through our youth programmes. But for too many young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, their voices are excluded and their power to make... 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 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 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
November 3, 2020
This November we’re handing over to the passionate young people who are involved in our youth programmes to hear what’s important to them about climate and the environment. Keep up with the latest on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter! Young people... View Article
August 15, 2019
Connecting young people with nature is vitally important if we want to protect our landscape and wildlife, and tackle climate change. And above all nature makes us happy! Yet young people have never been more disconnected from nature. Our Green... View Article
