YHA Newcastle Central offers 236 beds across 52 rooms, including doubles, twins and family rooms.
Named after the nearby Great Whin Sill, in addition to the
YHA youth hostel, fixed and temporary exhibition spaces and the on-site cafe, the centre features learning and event spaces, a rural business hub, a gift shop with locally-sourced gifts and produce, as well as a fully accessible Whin Sill grassland roof.
The
YHA said it had a long history of offering volunteering opportunities to young people all around the UK.
YHA Chief Executive James Blake said: "We know what it is like to paddle in the sea for the first time, to see the city skyline at night or to feel the sand between your toes.
According to
YHA's President Kosuke Miimi, "This (AKFC) is an integral program that not only values the children, but the community.
The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre is one of the biggest projects undertaken by an English national park in a partnership between Northumberland National Park,
YHA (England & Wales) and the Heritage Lottery Fund through a PS7.8m grant.
Caroline White, Chief Executive of
YHA (England and Wales), says: "The
YHA network has changed beyond recognition in recent years.
One
YHA judge (an outsider, in fact) was most impressed by the variety and sophistication of the entries, dispelling the stereotype that law firm marketing lags behind other professional services firms in creativity and complexity.
As part of the day,
YHA Cardiff Central will be running a pop-up charity shop which will be selling the lost property collected over the year.
Taking place on Friday, the ambitious band, comprising of four Swiss-born brothers, have set their sights on breaking into the UK's music scene by using
YHA as a platform to engage a new fan base.
In light of the crisis, we have been forced to look toward the domestic market, but we do not know to what extent it can handle this," exporter Ali Yandyk told
yHA. Tomatoes were generally among the top fruits and vegetables exported to Russia prior to the embargo.
Occupancy across
YHA's 160-strong network is up 3.5 per cent yielding an 8.1 per cent growth in accommodation income and smashing the youth hostelling charity's budgeted revenue increase by 200 per cent and earning it a number of industry awards.