YHA Blog
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...
The future of youth hostelling lies in the hands of local MPs. We have joined voices with the colleagues from across independent hostels to lead the plea for MPs to add our signature to a tabled motion in Parliament. The motion asks the government for help to...
We are delighted to announce that we have secured a significant grant from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. This vital funding is from the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage and the Heritage Stimulus Fund - funded by Government and administered...
The restorative benefits of the outdoors and nature and the important role they must play the nation’s post COVID-19 recovery, will be captured in a new research project at YHA. We have received £40,000 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to enable...
We caught up with two hostel managers in very different locations to find out what life has been like since our hostels closed as a consequence of coronavirus. Sean, hostel manager at YHA Liverpool Central My name’s Sean, I...
