YHA Blog
Get ready for some Easter fun. If you’ve got a flock to keep entertained this Easter here are five activities that you can try out at home. Have a cracking time.1. Design an Easter egg huntAhh the classic Easter egg hunt – a staple activity at this time of year for...
By Jenny Lunnon, YHA's Family Ambassador Are you a town mouse or a country mouse? If you stay at YHA South Downs in East Sussex you don't have to choose. A picturesque old farm with plenty of outdoor space, it makes a great base to explore the undulating chalk...
It all feels a bit eat, sleep, Zoom, repeat at the moment. We’ve come up with some suggestions of fun things to do in lockdown. Mix up your daily routine and try something different, adding a little sprinkling of happiness along the way. Open your own bistro for a...
Home schooling during lockdown? Looking for inspiration to help keep young minds active and entertained? Our free children's activity pack is bursting with things for kids to make, learn and do.Crafts, recipes, wildlife facts and more – everything you need for a...
By Anita Kerwin-Nye, Director of Strategy and Engagement at YHA Home schooling is hard. Super hard. Even harder than before. Darkness doesn’t help. But also, we seemed to have fewer expectations last time – now government ‘expects’ three to four hours of home...
By Emma Marrington How many of you would think of yourselves as children of YHA? My story begins in the early days of YHA, as my grandparents met in the walking group of YHA Ealing in the late 1940s. I imagine that, after the end of World War II, many people were...
By Jenny Lunnon, YHA's Family Ambassador An old woollen mill beside the rushing River Greta, YHA Keswick is a great choice for a winter or spring family break. Though it doesn't have its own outdoor space it's right by lovely Fitz Park, which offers sports...
By Jenny Lunnon, YHA’s family ambassador There were hundreds of them bobbing in the bay, socially distanced two metres apart. From our cliff-top vantage point they all looked the same, and it was only when we had clambered down the steps to the shore that we could...
Written by Jenny Lunnon- YHA's family ambassador I did miss the self-catering kitchen, as much for the opportunities for interesting chat as for a hob on which to heat baked beans and rice pudding. But the warm welcome from YHA staff was just the same, and that was...
YHA Boggle Hole, Robin Hood's Bay. I loved the name, and the address. Deciding that was enough research, I went straight ahead and booked nine nights in The Crow's Nest, a new accommodation block perched high above an old mill in a wooded valley on the North...
Ensconced in the cosy games room at YHA Coniston Holly How, we watched our respective children make a domino run. Rain pelted the windows and the monkey puzzle tree rocked in the wind. The other parent leaned over and whispered, slightly embarrassed: "Do we have to...
The National Autistic Society estimates that “there are around 700,000 people on the autism spectrum in the UK…If you include their families, autism is a part of daily life for 2.8 million people.” So when it comes to looking for the best autism friendly...
