YHA Blog
Seven-year-old Bethan Lerwill from Shipton Under Wychwood is skipping away her worries to raise money to help send NHS and frontline workers on a much-needed holiday. Bethan is taking part in YHA's Time for the Frontline...
YHA is proud to have been named “Best Residential Experience school trips provider” for the second consecutive year at the School Travel Awards 2019/20. The School Travel Awards is the UK’s biggest event for learning outside...
At YHA (England & Wales), we’re set to eradicate half a million single use plastic bottles from our 151-strong network of youth hostels next year thanks to support from Waitrose & Partners. We are honoured to have...
“We will offer over 2000 volunteering opportunities for young people in 2019.” From 12-16th November 2018, YHA will be supporting the #iwill campaign in order to empower and celebrate the stories of our volunteers and to show...
As you read this, I will be coming to the end of my 12 month placement with YHA. I am currently studying international business at Loughborough University (the sporty one). As part of my degree I needed to secure a placement,...
Our new Work Experience & Traineeships Programme launches this summer. For many young people, opportunities in life can be hard to find. It’s a fact we know only too well – and it’s something we’ve always tried to change....
“You’ll be raising vital funds that could transform the lives of others, forever” So… another year zipping by, another London Marathon done and dusted. It’s one of the planet’s great city road races: a springtime whirl of...
For the month of April, YHA teamed up with Scrap Car Comparison, the country’s first and only comparison website for scrap vehicle prices. The partnership with Chichester-based Scrap Car Comparison has helped us raise valuable...
Leading youth charity YHA (England and Wales) has announced it is sharpening its charitable focus. Marking the announcement, it has launched a brand new support programme targeted at young people and children who live in the...
What does 2018 hold for you? If you’re “the world’s least likely adventurer”, as Paula McGuire describes herself, the answer’s swimming – and lots of it. We’re not talking pool laps here. We’re talking icy waves, jellyfish,...
Raise money for YHA by joining one of our challenge events – or set your own adventure. Looking to make this year an unforgettable one? Fed up that your January resolutions have already faded into the ether? Read on. We’re...
My name is Paula "Must Try Harder" McGuire, and from April 2018, I will attempt to become the first person ever to swim all the way around mainland Britain. This would be a challenge for anyone to complete but, for me, it's the...
