Event recording from the Resilient Communities Series - Session 1: How to get paid - Getting started with core funding. Hosted by Get Grants facilitator Sam Davis

The Resilient Communities Series is back with 3 new sessions, and this year we’re focusing on funding! Developed from community feedback, these online training sessions are free to attend and specifically tailored to community leaders working on diversity in the UK outdoors.

From the 24th - 26th April, we gathered at YHA Ilam Hall for The Outdoor Connection 2026. It was an incredible weekend, bringing together the experts and community leaders who are shaping the future of an inclusive, accessible and representative UK outdoors.

The YHA Festival of walking is back for it’s fifth year, running from the 11th September to 11th October 2026 . With grants and hostel discounts available.

We are so excited to have so many experts from our community leading sessions at The Outdoor Connection 2026.

Introducing the final event of the Resilient Communities Series, hosted by writer, presenter and broadcaster Mary-Ann Ochota.

Missed our first Resilient Communities Series session? Watch the recording here!

Join nature writer and founder of Peaks of Colour, Evie Muir for an experiential and experimental embodied nature writing workshop.

The YHA Festival of walking is back for it’s fourth year on Friday 12th September - Sunday 12th October 2025. With grants and hostel discounts available!

The Resilient Communities Series is back with 3 new sessions, each designed around the things you’ve told us you need to support and strengthen your work. Each session is free to attend and is for anyone working to make the outdoors more accessible and representative.

From the 25th to the 27th April, we gathered at YHA Castleton for The Outdoor Connection 2025. An amazing weekend, bringing together the experts and community leaders who are shaping the future of an inclusive, accessible and representative UK outdoors.

We are so excited to have so many experts from our community leading sessions at The Outdoor Connection 2025.