South Yorkshire Women in Industry
South Yorkshire Women in Industry, Oral History Project
FUNDED BY THE HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND
DELIVERED BY SOUTH YORKSHIRE WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT TRUST
South Yorkshire Women's Development Trust (SYWDT) are delighted to have been awarded funding by the Heritage Lottery Fund (www.hlf.org) to carry out an Oral History project 'South Yorkshire Women in Industry'. Results are now available on line, to view the web site to date click on the following link: South Yorkshire Women in Industry - An Oral History Project
The project aims to research and archive the experiences of South Yorkshire women working in industry over the past 100 years, record their experiences and celebrate their contribution to the region's heritage.
SYWDT has used this grant to fund research and to construct an oral and visual archive. The grant will also be used to initiate education workshops across South Yorkshire which will allow people to discover how they can start their own oral history projects, or simply bring their family tree alive.
The work has been digitised, making it highly accessible and allowing large volumes of people to learn about the heritage bequeathed to them by the female industrial workers of South Yorkshire.
Julie Berrisford. Project Co-ordinator says:
"We encouraged individuals from all backgrounds to engage with this project using a dual strategy.
- First, searched locally for volunteers, seeking to train individuals using the Oral History Society (www.ohs.org.uk) excellent training programmes on gathering oral history and the processes needed to preserve the recordings. This process encouragedpeople to engage with the heritage of their locality, allowing them to personally relate to and celebrate their local history.
- Second, we have commissioned research and displayed the findings alongside the oral histories, informing residents of the stories uncovered in their communities and region and connecting them with their local heritage."
"We have appealed for women, or the families of women, who worked in industry in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham or Sheffield who were willing to take part in the project. We looked for anyone who was willing to have their own experience become part of the area's rich recorded heritage.
After the project is complete the Trust will seek funding to continue to store and make the research accessible to the public at the Women's Construction Centre in Sheffield. The Trust will also arrange for copies of the archive to be stored around South Yorkshire so that it is geographically accessible to all the region's residents and researchers.
To view the web site to date click on the following link: South Yorkshire Women in Industry - An Oral History Project
For further information please contact: Julie Berrisford or Jessica Thomas on 01709 834441
or by email to: industry.sywdt@btconnect.com
We have a BLOG - to view up to the minute information about the project please go to:
women-in-industry.blogspot
