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The women at the heart of an important restoration project
MAIN PICTURE: Pupils and staff on the steps of Wentworth Woodhouse’s West Front
RIGHT: St Bernard’s pupils on the scaffolding at Wentworth Woodhouse
Wentworth Woodhouse, one of the greatest stately homes in the land, was built by men for a male dynasty. But its future is in the hands of women. Rotherham businesswoman Dame Julie Kenny
CBE formed the trust that fought to buy it, Sarah McLeod is the CEO steering it forward and more female hands are shaping its restoration. Wentworth Woodhouse
Preservation Trust recently invited local schoolgirls to meet some of the indispensable women in the construction sector who are using their talents and passion to make the magnificent Rotherham stately home great again. Taking its lead from June’s
Restore Wentworth Woodhouse welcomed 19 girls aged 14-16 from Barnsley’s Horizon Community College, Wath Academy, Swinton Academy and St Bernard’s Catholic High School. Speakers were WWPT Facilities Manager Julie
‘We want to
encourage girls to think about building their futures in
International Women in Engineering Day 2019, the event aimed to open the girls’ eyes to career possibilities in the male-dominated sector. Funded by Great Place Wentworth & Elsecar, a Heritage Lottery Fund project, Sky’s the limit for girls... Build a Career With the Women Helping
32 CHAMBERconnect Summer 2019 construction’
Readman, Samantha Mikhail and Rachel Joshua, engineers at RDG Engineering who designed the state-of-the-art scaffolding shell now shrouding the building, Amy Stamford, the Quantity Surveyor with Woodhead Group who ensures repair work being carried out in Part 2 of the WWPT Capital Works Programme runs to budget, and transport planner Sophie Dunhill of Fore Consulting, who has helped identify new car parks and better access for the thousands of visitors expected as the house grows in popularity, The women explained how they found
their way into their careers, answered questions on how it felt to work in a male-dominated industry and took students for a tour of the roof to see repair work and around the grounds.
Wath Academy pupil Emma Walters, 15, said:
“I really enjoyed the event and learned a lot from it. I know now that construction takes a lot of people with a lot of skill.” Nazia Seidu-Kpebu, 14, of East Dene, loves
maths and science but has not yet thought about a career path. “But I do know that women can do the exact same thing as men and they deserve the same amount of respect,” she said. Sarah McLeod, who admitted that as a schoolgirl she never dreamed she would be at the helm of a stately home, said: “Women who have made their mark in male-dominated careers need to give a helping hand to the next generation of career women. “That’s what our Sky’s The Limit event was all
about. We want to encourage girls to think about building their futures in construction and regeneration career choices which are still male- dominated but offer women really exciting and rewarding careers.”
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