YHA Blog
London’s NHS and frontline workers are being offered free overnight accommodation by YHA (England & Wales). We have been awarded £45,000 of funding from London Community Response. The grant has enabled us to provide free...
#blacklivesmatter - staff and members of YHA are proud to connect to a charity which has been clear about the need for equality since its founding 90 years ago, our charitable objects start with “YHA is for all” and this sign...
In December last year YHA, The Outward Bound Trust, Scouts, Girlguiding, Field Studies Council and the National Parks came together as a coalition of non-for-profit school residential and educational providers. Our aim is...
Access to the outdoors and spending time together in it, is more important than ever for families, a national *survey by the 90-year-old youth charity YHA (England & Wales) has found. The survey results, which were...
As the situation regarding COVID-19 develops we will update our plans on our website, through emails, in hostel and through our social media channels. Up to date information on coronavirus and how it might affect your booking can be found on the YHA...
YHA (England & Wales)’s drive to enable more young people leading challenging lives to access employment in the outdoors has taken a step forward thanks to a grant from Sport England. The leading youth charity is one of 16 projects to receive a share of £1...
Written by Hilary Gorbould- Marketing Assistant As March approaches, it marks the halfway point of my 12-month student placement with YHA as a Marketing Assistant. The past 6 months have flown by and I’ve already learnt so much about marketing, YHA and the 9-to-5...
YHA’s Development Operations Manager Paul Howlett is taking on his biggest challenge to date. After successfully running, cycling and swimming between 20 hostels in the North West in 2019 (a total distance of 268 miles!), Paul is now planning to cycle 1,200 miles,...
Our one-day online only feel good ‘Black Friday Sail’ for Black Friday shoppers will launch on 29th November 2019. For the first time in recent years, we will not be offering any discounts on stays within the network this...
On 22nd October, we invited 14 outdoor, lifestyle and travel bloggers to YHA Castleton Losehill Hall to promote YHA’s Supper Club. YHA Castleton Losehill Hall Supper Club is a communal two course meal which encourages hostel guests to share their travelling...
Winter nights in youth hostels have just got a bit brighter thanks to one member’s legacy to YHA. ‘Richard’s Bequest’, an annual fund gifted to us in 1962, has enabled us to furnish 46 youth hostels with five popular board...
YHA has welcomed proposals in the Landscapes Review for ‘a night in a national landscape for every child.’ James Blake, the Chief Executive here at YHA said: “I am delighted to see the proposals in this Review. It highlights...