YHA Blog
We are set to eliminate the need for half a million single-use plastic bottles every year as part of an initative to reduce pollution. First launched almost two years ago, the £170,000 'Message in a Bottle' project will see the removal of single-use bottles from...
We are to begin our search for a new 5-star home in Cardiff, following the agreement to transfer ownership of our East Tyndall Street youth hostel to the city council. YHA Cardiff Central was one of a number of properties we licensed to local councils temporarily...
A partnership between Waltham Forest College and YHA has enabled 39 Level 3, first year travel and tourism students to gain vital work experience during Lockdown. The teenagers have taken their talents online to become website testers, secret shoppers and social...
YHA (England and Wales), have been supporting development through Apprenticeships for a few years now. We are encouraging our employee’s whether they work in our network of hostels, in a field based role or work from our National Office in Derbyshire, to choose an...
A united approach to recovery Hostelling has been disproportionately hit by COVID-19. Yet hostels contribute more than any other aspect of hospitality to wellbeing, connection with nature and the rural economy. YHA has joined with Independent Hostels UK, Hostelling...
Caleb was appointed to the Board at YHA's 2020 AGM. He is the youngest Trustee in the organisation's 90-year history. Caleb is an experienced safeguarding and child protection officer. He supports children and young people with their mental health, wellbeing and...
Thousands of young people are to be given the opportunity to connect with nature through new jobs, training, volunteering roles, residentials and outdoor learning experiences. This project is thanks to the award of a £2.5m Green Recovery Challenge Fund grant to a...
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...
YHA’s Chief Operating Officer Jerry Robinson has announced he is to step down from YHA at the end of the year, after nearly seven years in the role. Joining us in 2014 after a senior career in the commercial and hospitality sectors, and augmented by volunteering in...
Here at YHA, we have shared our apprenticeship funding pot to save an apprenticeship opportunity in another organisation. We have generously transferred £15,000 from our Apprenticeship Levy fund to enable a Coventry tech company to keep a Level 4 Data...
Here at YHA, we have pledged to our members that we will come back stronger through the pandemic. The pledge was made at our virtual AGM on 7th November. At the AGM, we announced that we have launched a public survey with the aim of involving society in the future...
In support of the Save Outdoor Education movement, the Access Unlimited coalition is offering practical support, research and evidence to government as it develops the roadmap for safely re-opening the sector. The coalition of not-for-profit school residential and...
