June 18, 2013
We’re back home today after taking our little piece of the Yorkshire Dales to Birmingham NEC for BBC Gardener’s World Live last week. What a week! On Tuesday, before the show opened to the public, our Hay Time garden –... View Article
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
May 15, 2013
In three weeks (and counting!) one brave YDMT trustee is taking to his bike for the epic 170-mile Way of the Roses cycle ride, to raise money for our Hay Time appeal. Team YDMT will be headed up by... View Article
April 22, 2013
Last Wednesday YDMT, with the help of TV presenter and Garden Designer Chris Myers, launched the Hay Time appeal in a bid to save one of the most iconic and threatened habitats in Britain – wildflower hay meadows. You may... View Article
April 3, 2013
The outreach and educational work we do in the Dales means we have met children who don’t know what a potato is or have never seen a real cow or sheep. Shocking, but sadly it’s not that unusual. That’s one... View Article
February 11, 2013
YDMT has reached a significant milestone. We recruited our 50,000th supporter! When we realised this, we decided to look back to find our very first supporter, who it turns out is still giving to us today. Our ‘number one’... View Article
October 29, 2012
Words and pictures by Judy Rogers, our People and the DALES community worker: “Earlier this week I took a group of refugees and asylum seekers for a walk around Swinsty reservoir. Living in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales I rarely visit... View Article
October 16, 2012
This month we’ve had some amazing news. We’ve received a rather large cheque for £76,000 from People’s Postcode Lottery. For every £2 People’s Postcode Lottery ticket sold 40p goes direct to good causes. The latest contribution means that players of... View Article
July 16, 2012
The initial phase of YDMT’s inspiring and ground-breaking project People and the DALES comes to an end this Summer. This month we celebrated the projects many achievements with some of the people who have helped to make it such as success.... View Article
July 11, 2012
It was the first of our photography workshops this month. Local photographer Steve Finch, a great friend of the Trust, kindly donated his time and expertise to run a one day workshop to help people get to know their cameras and create photos... View Article
