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
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Visits to the Dales ‘worth their weight in gold’ to refugee community
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
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
Putting ‘Compassion into Action’ in the Dales
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
Supporting asylum seekers in the Dales
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
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
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
Refugees lend a hand with lambing.
April 27, 2018
Each spring we team up with local farmer Rodney Beresford to deliver a series of hands-on lambing days in the Yorkshire Dales for disadvantaged groups from across Yorkshire and Lancashire. The groups learn the ropes of hill sheep farming, helping... View Article
How young people are #owningit in donated outdoor gear
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
Refugees find sanctuary in Malham
September 23, 2016
This September the small community of Malhamdale in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales opened their homes to a group of refugee and asylum seeking women and children for a weekend of fun and friendship.
