Introduction
Help us do even more
Help make the moments that transform lives forever.
YHA creates the moments that matter in young lives; the extraordinary moments when young people begin to believe in themselves, discover their talents and find the ambition that will lead them along a different path in life.
Together we can transform young lives through travel, adventure and discovery by creating opportunities to explore, learn, share and grow. Because where you go changes who you become.
How you can help
Stay
Stay at one of our unique, charming and characterful youth hostels across England and Wales, discover our YHA Camping & Cabins sites or take the place for yourself on YHA Exclusive Hire.
Join
Join or gift membership to a loved one and enjoy a range of excellent benefits, including discounted stays, while knowing that your contribution will be help to improve the lives of young people.
Give
Give a regular gift, sign up for a sponsored event, hold a fundraiser or remember us in your will. Donations big and small all make a major difference to the young lives we aim to improve.
Volunteer
Help to improve your local hostel as part of a Supporter Group, go on a Working Holiday, become a YHA Summer Camps volunteer and provide vital help, or lend us time and expertise at National Office.
More ways to support YHA
Become a member
Members are such an important and valued part of our movement, strengthening our voice and helping to shape the charity’s direction of travel.
Buy YHA Raffle tickets
Play for big prizes in our charity draw. You could win a whopping £3,000 in our regular raffles. Plus, there are fantastic runner-up prizes to be won.
Take on a challenge
You could raise money for YHA through an activity you already love or a challenge you’ve always wanted to try.
Remember us
Leave a gift in your will and continue to change young people’s lives for many years to come.
Volunteer
Help to improve your local hostel as part of a Supporter Group, go on a Working Holiday, or lend us time and expertise at National Office.
Support an appeal
You could do something amazing by choosing to support an appeal and help us change young lives forever.
Give a regular gift
A direct debit means you can give small amounts every month that make a huge difference to YHA’s work.
Recommend us
Tell a friend about YHA. The more people that know about us, the greater our reach and the more we can do to help.
Hire meeting space
Hire a meeting room or even a whole hostel for a conference, team away day, celebration or wedding.
Give as you live
Sign up to 'give as you live' and you’ll be giving to YHA whenever you shop online with no extra charge to you.
Play YHA Lottery
Enter the weekly YHA Lottery draw for your chance to win big – all while supporting YHA’s work as a charity. £25,000! Imagine the possibilities.
Fundraise for us
You could do something amazing by raising money from the things that you love to do. Our supporters bake cakes, hold coffee mornings, and jump out of planes, all to inspire others to give to YHA.
Buy or sell through eBay
Next time you sell on eBay, why not donate some of the proceeds to YHA? You can give between 10% and 100%.
You can also buy items in aid of YHA or make YHA your favourite charity for the option to donate each time you shop.
Sponsor our places
Donate to the renovation of one of our historically significant and fascinating properties for future generations and leave a lasting legacy.
Partner with us
We build partnerships with suppliers and corporate partner that can add value, extend our reach and help us both achieve our shared aims.
Leave a gift in memory
There are many ways to honour the memory of someone special so their story can continue through their legacy.
No child left behind appeal
No child left behind
The number of children experiencing poverty is rising. And with the squeeze on school budgets and household purses, more school residential trips are being cancelled. Whole classes miss out. Help us to send more children on an amazing adventure next year. And make sure no child is left behind.
The difference your support makes
£10 can help children with challenging lives change their futures
Give young people access to the outdoors, adventure and the milestone moments.
£50 can unlock an enriching experience
Pay for a child from a low-income background to have a place on an overnight trip.
£100 can make adventure a reality for a child
Support their place on a two-night residential school trip.