The youth hostels charity and ‘walkers’ friend’ YHA (England & Wales) has welcomed the announcement that Natural England is to assign Alfred Wainwright’s coast-to-coast walk National Trail status. Having National Trail status means the route will get...
Taking place from 4th September – 20th October 2022, YHA's Festival of Walking aims to introduce new voices, feet and faces to UK landscapes. The festival hopes to bring seasoned and novice walkers – individuals, friends, families and walking groups and communities...
Celebrating Welsh Tourism Week, YHA have announced 11 job vacancies at its 24-strong network of youth hostels in Wales. The new jobs follow the full re-opening of our network in Wales after the lifting of Covid restrictions on 28th March. As well as bedroom...
At YHA we are extremely lucky to be surrounded by stunning scenery and an abundance of nature. We want everyone to enjoy nature and the benefits it brings but we must work together to preserve our landscapes and help our natural environment. That’s why YHA is...
The leading youth charity YHA (England & Wales) has welcomed all 180 staff back to its national office on Dimple Road in Matlock. The office partially re-opened in August last year, however, due to Covid restrictions all staff were unable to be in the office...
More than 4,000 16 – 17-year-olds in England will take part in a life-enhancing four-night, five-day residential experience with YHA (England & Wales) this summer. The youth charity will be offering the residential element of the UK’s flagship National Citizen...
We are proud to announce a brand-new accommodation offering at the Eden Project for 2022. Airstreams, bell tents and Landpods will provide glamping accommodation at the Cornish eco visitor attraction are on sale now. The new accommodation offerings will sleep...
Nearly £1 million has been awarded to YHA (England & Wales) in the latest round of funding from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. The £999,900 grant - the largest single grant awarded in this funding round - is now helping YHA to fully...
YHA is a leading youth charity. Youth voice is integral to all our work and an area that we continue to build on after the successful development of the YHA Youth Advisory Team in early 2020.In 2022 we will develop our work in Wales. We have significant assets in...
It’s the second event in our Virtual Adventurer challenge series. And this time, we take on the spectacular Pembrokeshire Coast Path. There’s nothing like the feeling of conquering a physical feat. Join in this February and race your way along the whole or part of...
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...
When doing a mid-year budget review, the subscriptions line gave me pause. YHA has over 20 different payments to membership bodies; from individual memberships like Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and ACEVO, to charity wide like NCVO, and into...
