YHA Blog
Four of us from the Youth Advisory Team recently spent the weekend together at YHA Edale Activity Centre. Having virtually volunteered together for 8 months, this was our first meeting in person. It was a great opportunity to get to know each other, discuss all the...
Nearly £1 million has been awarded to YHA (England & Wales) in the latest round of funding from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. The £999,900 grant - the largest single grant awarded in this funding round - is now helping YHA to fully...
Connecting young people with nature is at the core of Generation Green. This funded project provides numerous opportunities to connect young people to nature, through outlets such as: volunteering roles jobs & training online learning outdoor experiences From...
The Youth Advisory Team provides direction and leadership to YHA. This is for the purpose of achieving YHA’s strategic objective that young people are included in governance and in all aspects of the charity’s decision-making. Here is the Youth Advisory Team's...
Ever wondered what it’s like to work for YHA? This first-hand blog is written by Rachel, team member at two of our Lake District hostels.Since moving to YHA Ennerdale last autumn – a quiet and remote part of the Lake District, away from the hustle and bustle of hot...
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...
