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
September 22, 2021
Our first People and the DALES residential since the start of Covid-19 saw 24 women and children from the Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary Leeds come to Gearstones Lodge near Ribblehead. An ordinary weekend of fun and activity... View Article
September 8, 2021
Legacy gifts are helping to ensure the Yorkshire Dales remains a wonderful and inspiring place now and in the future. Legacies, large or small, make an enormous difference to this area, supporting a wide range of projects from new woodlands... View Article
August 19, 2021
We’ve been told that one of the best things about doing an Environmental Apprenticeship is getting the opportunity to try lots of different things, to help work out what interests you the most. Jack Dryden joined our Environmental Apprenticeship scheme... View Article
July 14, 2021
60 per cent of bees and other pollinators, such as flies and butterflies, are in decline in the UK according to the latest State of Nature report. The most significant reason for this decline is habitat loss. YDMT’s Bee Together project aims... View Article
June 28, 2021
Caves and their environment across the Ingleborough area have been conserved thanks to a partnership between cavers, volunteers and Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT). Close to 30 projects have been completed, including graffiti cleaning at Katnot Cave, scrap removal from... View Article
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
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
April 26, 2021
Planting trees is one of the best things you can do to fight climate change. They sequent carbon, provide a superb habitat for a variety of different flora and fauna, and will become amazing breathing spaces we can all enjoy. And... View Article
