February 23, 2022
Grants awarded to young people through the Youth Environmental Action Fund have supported 33 grassroots environmental projects so far, with a new round of funding opening in February 2022. So far more than £25,600 has been awarded to help bring... View Article
February 16, 2022
This February we’re asking you to send us photos of your early bumblebee sightings for our big Bee Challenge. To be in with the best chance of getting a great photo we asked photographer Caroline Bailey to share her top tips... 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
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
