A group of volunteers came together in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales to learn new skills as they got to grips with the traditional craft of dry stone walling. Disabled people and their family and friends worked together to rebuild a badly damaged section of dry stone wall near Selside, through a partnership […]
Read More >A People and the DALES experience is life-changing for many of the children and adults involved, some of whom have never visited the countryside before. This pioneering project is run by local charity Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT). Over the last 10 years more than 7,000 disadvantaged people from deprived areas have experienced the […]
Read More >A group of young people from Leeds recently traded the bright lights of the city for the fresh air and rolling countryside of the Yorkshire Dales when they spent an exciting day learning the ropes of hill farming during the busy lambing period. Youngsters aged 11-14 from Burley Park Pupil Referral Unit in Leeds spent […]
Read More >Instead of giving a bunch of cut flowers this Mother’s Day, one local charity is leading the way by dedicating an area of living hay meadow, jam-packed with native wildflowers, as a lasting tribute for an extra special mum. Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT) decided to surprise Rose McCarthy, mother of five and National Childbirth […]
Read More >People and the DALES ran a Hill Skills Training Weekend to provide a practical introduction to the safety and navigation skills required for independent hill walking. Based at Malham Tarn Field Centre, the course followed the new Hill Skills course syllabus launched by Mountain Training England (MTE) in April this year. Thanks to financial […]
Read More >Do you have unwanted but usable outdoor gear sitting around? Why not ‘Gift your Gear’ by taking it along to your nearerst Rohan shop during March and groups like PaD will put them to good use! People and the DALES are very proud to be one of this years beneficiary organisations. We have a wonderful stock […]
Read More >Mums, pregnant women, babies and toddlers displaced from their homelands and now living in Leeds enjoyed a family day out in Malham with local charity Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT). This eclectic group of refugees and asylum seekers from countries including Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Russia and Nigeria have been brought together through the National Childbirth […]
Read More >The People and the DALES team recently joined a host of other people at the BMC (British Mountaineering Council) Equity Symposium at Haworth YHA. The weekend brought together people from diverse and in particular black and minority ethnic (BME) communities and others (like ourselves) who are interested in helping these groups access the outdoors. PaD ran […]
Read More >A new handbook full of inspiration, information and practical hints and tips is now available to encourage groups and individuals who wouldn’t normally visit the Yorkshire Dales countryside to do so under their own steam. The handbook has been produced by local charity Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT), and brings together a wealth of knowledge […]
Read More >The People and the DALES team joined a whole host of other Access to Nature projects in Birmingham recently for a celebration of the work that has taken place thanks to the Big lottery funding. The PaD team were one of just 4 projects asked to present at the event which gave us a fantastic opportunity to share the […]
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