Towards a Thriving Future - a new look at Yorkshire's ex-coalfield areas
Yorkshire Futures and Yorkshire Forward have produced a think piece about the region's ex-coalfield areas.
After ongoing discussions in the region and prompted by the 25th anniversary of the Miners strike, Yorkshire Futures and Yorkshire Forward have produced a think piece about the region's ex-coalfield areas.
Mining has played a major role in Yorkshire’s industrial history. In the region’s ex-coalfield communities, the mine was dominant not just as an employer, but as something that bound communities and framed their culture, environment and economy. Something that gave places their purpose. Today, despite concerted regeneration work, many of the same areas face huge economic challenges. This paper analyses performance in the region’s ex-coalfield communities and identifies a suite of interrelated problems and radical solutions to address them.
After ongoing discussions in the region and prompted by the 25th anniversary of the Miners strike, Yorkshire Futures and Yorkshire Forward have produced a think piece about the region's ex-coalfield areas.
Mining has played a major role in Yorkshire’s industrial history. In the region’s ex-coalfield communities, the mine was dominant not just as an employer, but as something that bound communities and framed their culture, environment and economy. Something that gave places their purpose. Today, despite concerted regeneration work, many of the same areas face huge economic challenges.
This paper analyses performance in the region’s ex-coalfield communities and identifies a suite of interrelated problems and radical solutions to address them.
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