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
May 9, 2019
Inspiring the next generation is a key part of what we do at Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust and our rural apprenticeship scheme continues to be a very successful way of doing so. Our apprenticeships aim to engage young people to... View Article
October 29, 2018
In September we welcomed ten new people onto our environmental apprenticeship scheme. They will spend the next two years learning on-the-job with a local organisation, study at college for a Level 2 Diploma, and get stuck into a variety of... View Article
March 8, 2018
Gail smith our Green Futures Programme Manager, explains why there’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing! Many of the young people taking part in our Green Futures programme lead difficult or challenging lives and being outdoors... View Article
January 11, 2018
Ellie Brown is Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust’s youngest Trustee. Here’s how she landed her role. Wildlife and the environment are two of my greatest passions, and it was my desire to have a positive impact on the health of this... View Article
