Forgotten Industries

Participants exploring the forgotten industries of South Yorkshire
Participants exploring the forgotten industries of South Yorkshire

All Our Stories

Date awarded
Location
Wales
Local Authority
Rotherham
Applicant
The Team Katalyst Youth Movement
Award Given
£8000
As part of the All Our Stories programme, young people focused on the heritage of the coal and steel industry of South Yorkshire and were empowered to tell the local story of industrial decline.

Team Katalyst Youth Movement based at Kiveton Priory, a mining village in South Yorkshire, is a not-for-profit organisation that works with young people on a range of activities including filmmaking to provide training for the future.

Using film, and visits to the National Coal Mining Museum, Kelham Island Industrial Museum and local ex mining villages, the project bridged the generation gap between adults who worked in coal and steel industries, and the young people of today.

Working with ex-miners on tours of underground mines and the owner of the world’s largest collection of Sheffield Saws, young people gained first-hand knowledge of what it was like to work in those industries from a workforce that is fast disappearing from the area.

The participants worked with Sheffield Archives, The University of Sheffield and Kiveton Park and Wales Historical Society to document and record their findings through film and exhibitions. These films have left an insightful legacy for generations to come.

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