September 30, 2010
August saw the arrival of two new members of staff at YDMT, Leah Cardus who has become our new receptionist and Tessa Wiggans, helping with the fundraising team. Tessa started off with helping with this year’s Autumn Walk in Aysgarth, here... View Article
July 28, 2010
If you do one thing today sign-up to play the People’s Postcode Lottery. At the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust we’re very fortunate to have the support of some amazing people and organisations – and the People’s Postcode Lottery is one. The People’s Postcode Lottery... View Article
February 2, 2010
In 2004 the Home Office agreed to accept up to 500 refugees a year under a resettlement programme run by the United Nations. Under this scheme some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees, including many who have lived in refugee camps... View Article
December 21, 2009
YDMT run the People and the DALES project, which is helping disadvantaged and disabled people who live in urban areas to come to the Dales and enjoy different activities in our beautiful countryside. We also hope to inspire people who... View Article
December 17, 2009
It’s been a while since my last post because it’s been so busy for us at the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust. No winding down before Christmas for us! One of the things keeping us busy is the start of a new... View Article
November 26, 2009
Gail Smith is one of our People and the DALES Community Workers. The People and the DALES project, which is run by Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, aims to enable all sorts of community groups – lots of which are from deprived inner-city areas – to come... View Article
November 13, 2009
Gillian Muir is our Grassroots Grants Officer. Grassroots is a grant scheme that provides small amounts of funding (up to £5k) to community groups in North Yorkshire. So Gillian always seems to be out & about visiting really interesting projects. The most recent projects to receive funding have included a... View Article
October 23, 2009
This past week we’ve enjoyed having Izzy around, who is on work experience from Settle College. As it’s now coming to the end of her week with us I asked her if she would write a bit about her experience of working at... View Article
October 8, 2009
Tanya St.Pierre talks about rare mountain bumblebees in the Dales, and the role of the Hay Time project in restoring flowery hay meadows, their natural habitat.
September 25, 2009
On Saturday, David Sharrod (our Director) was at the grand opening of Mealbank Hall, which is a brand new Scout and Community Hall in Ingleton. The Trust support lots of projects run by rural communities throughout the Dales. It’s always very satifying to see the finished result – and... View Article
