March 7, 2025
One of our priorities at YDMT is to connect more people with the places we love in the Yorkshire Dales, Nidderdale and nearby areas. Our Youth Environment Forum does just that, by helping to tackle inequalities that make it hard for young... View Article
People from the refugee community in Leeds had the chance to celebrate, perform and educate at Deer Shed Festival in July, supported by Leeds City of Sanctuary, through funding from YDMT. A group of 34 volunteers, many of whom have... 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
February 7, 2024
In October, we took seven families to camp under the stars for the first time and enjoy some respite in the Yorkshire Dales at Swinton Estate’s Bivouac site in Masham. Women and children from Apna Haq in Rotherham who are experiencing domestic... View Article
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
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
February 15, 2022
We are all devastated by the needless loss of life of people trying to reach safety in Britain by crossing the English Channel. Here in the Dales, we continue to do what we can to support refugees and asylum seekers living in towns and... View Article
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.
June 3, 2013
A blog by Gail, YDMT Community Worker “Working out and about with groups on our People and the DALES project gives me plenty of opportunities to explore parts of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. Getting up hill and down dale is... View Article
