YHA Blog
The Government has pledged £2.5 million to improve young people’s access to the outdoors. The welcome news builds on the success of Generation Green, a Defra-funded project delivered by the YHA-led Access Unlimited coalition, which also comprises Girlguiding,...
YHA has warmly welcomed the Government’s announcement that young people will be a cornerstone of their pledge to improve access to nature ahead of COP28. The new package of measures announced by the Government on Wednesday 29th November, include more funding to...
Members of the Access Unlimited coalition have welcomed the recent government announcement that young people learning in the outdoors will be one of key causes to benefit from £892 million of dormant assets funding in England. The government announced on 7th March...
Travelling as a wheelchair user shouldn’t preclude you from seeing the very best that the UK has to offer. One of our country’s most incredible natural landscapes, the Lake District is a must for an English staycation. However, with all those fells and famed...
To be awestruck by an engineering wonder of the world you don't need to travel to the Pyramids or even as far as the Humber Bridge. There's one a minute's walk from YHA Ironbridge Coalport, past the kilns of the old china works and the duck houses bobbing on the...
Access Unlimited is a coalition of leading not-for-profit school residential and education providers: YHA (England & Wales), The Outward Bound Trust, Scouts, Girlguiding, Field Studies Council and the 10 English National Parks. Over the last 18 months, we have...
Delivery partners call for further funding to facilitate ‘access for all’ after the ground-breaking £2.5million Generation Green project – launched during the pandemic – exceeded expectations, reaching more than 115,000 young people and children in just 16 months....
We reflect on Generation Green, a 16-month funded project to connect young people to nature, create and save jobs, and build a workforce for a green recovery. Through outdoor and online learning experiences, residentials, volunteering roles, training and new jobs,...
YHA has a long history of links with the UK’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (collectively known as national landscapes). Indeed, we were one of the organisations behind the report that led to the formation of our National Parks. Within...
The 91-year-old national youth charity YHA (England & Wales) has revealed its hopes ahead of Defra’s response to the Glover Review being published. James Blake, Chief Executive of YHA said: “We look forward to reading the detail of the government’s response....
By YHA Chief Executive James BlakeIn YHA, we have a 90-year history of quiet radicalism. Not beating down the doors, or shouting from the rooftops, but pursuing practical change with steady determination.We were founded in 1930 on a principle of inclusion. It is...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak got to see Generation Green in action recently in his Richmond (Yorks) constituency. Mr Sunak visited YHA Grinton Lodge, meeting with a group of year 5 and 6 pupils from Wibsey Primary School in Bradford who were enjoying a Generation...
