YHA Blog
YHA is a leading youth charity. Youth voice is integral to all our work and an area that we continue to build on after the successful development of the YHA Youth Advisory Team in early 2020.In 2022 we will develop our work in Wales. We have significant assets in...
The 91-year-old national youth charity YHA (England & Wales) has revealed its hopes ahead of Defra’s response to the Glover Review being published. James Blake, Chief Executive of YHA said: “We look forward to reading the detail of the government’s response....
By YHA Chief Executive James BlakeIn YHA, we have a 90-year history of quiet radicalism. Not beating down the doors, or shouting from the rooftops, but pursuing practical change with steady determination.We were founded in 1930 on a principle of inclusion. It is...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak got to see Generation Green in action recently in his Richmond (Yorks) constituency. Mr Sunak visited YHA Grinton Lodge, meeting with a group of year 5 and 6 pupils from Wibsey Primary School in Bradford who were enjoying a Generation...
When doing a mid-year budget review, the subscriptions line gave me pause. YHA has over 20 different payments to membership bodies; from individual memberships like Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and ACEVO, to charity wide like NCVO, and into...
YHA’s Director of Strategy and Engagement, Anita Kerwin-Nye discusses the importance of making residentials a possibility for those who are homeschooled.Residentials – time away from home with peers and often without parents – have a significant impact on...
We were delighted to welcome the David Ross Education Trust on their summer catch-up residentials. Funded by the government’s Department for Education, summer schools were designed to provide a mix of academic and enrichment activities. The students enjoyed a range...
A 16-month project that will create hundreds of jobs and volunteering opportunities in the outdoor sector has been launched by a 15-strong Access Unlimited coalition of outdoor education providers led by YHA (England & Wales) today.Already 15 new jobs have been...
YHA has been appointed by The Regenda Group to run and manage a new youth hostel and training centre located on the outskirts of Chester. Opening in August 2021, the new youth hostel will create jobs, training and volunteering opportunities in two of the hardest...
COVID stories is a unique publication that chronicles YHA’s journey from March 2020 to February 2021. These stories are our people’s stories, and the collective stories of all who are involved with YHA. They are stories of resilience and hope, of the contribution...
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...
