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Welcome to Brodsworth Miners Welfare Scheme !
Our non-profit organisation is dedicated to improving the lives of our community. We strive to create positive change in our community through various initiatives and programs, not least sport and recreation. Join us in making a difference today.
About Brodsworth Welfare
Our Mission
Brodsworth Miners Welfare provides a wide range of community, sporting, and recreational activities for all ages. Our site is home to established bowls, cricket, and football teams, as well as a welcoming community hub.
We are also working towards the regeneration of the Welfare Hall, with the aim of transforming it into a modern, usable, and hireable events venue that can serve the whole community.
Our Heritage
Brodsworth Colliery
Brodsworth Colliery was a coal mine north west of Doncaster and west of the Great North Road. in Woodlands, South Yorkshire, England. Two shafts were sunk between October 1905 and 1907 in a joint venture by the Hickleton Main Colliery Company and the Staveley Coal and Iron Company.
The colliery exploited the coal seams of the South Yorkshire Coalfield including the Barnsley seam which was reached at a depth of 595 yards and was up to 9 feet thick. After a third shaft was sunk in 1923, Brodsworth, the largest colliery in Yorkshire, had the highest output of a three-shaft colliery in Britain.
The colliery and five others were merged into Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries in 1937 and the National Coal Board in 1947. It closed in 1990.
The colliery was consistently amongst those that employed the most miners in Britain, employing around 2,800 workers throughout the 1980s.
The company built Woodlands, a model village for its workers. Since the colliery closed, its spoil tip has been restored and developed as a community woodland; owned by the Land Restoration Trust and controlled by the Forestry Commission. Some of the colliery site has been sufficiently remediated to allow houses to be built upon it.
The Brodsworth Miners Welfare Fund and the Brodsworth Miners Recreation Ground were formally amalgamated on 3 July 2003 to create the Brodsworth Miners Welfare Scheme (Charity No. 523468).
The original miners contributed a “penny a ton” from their wages for every ton of coal filled, which funded the purchase and development of the Welfare grounds. This historic site included the Welfare Hall, football pitch, cricket pitch, and bowling green—facilities created by the miners for the benefit of their community.
Today, the Brodsworth Miners Welfare Scheme continues that legacy by promoting wellbeing and strengthening social engagement for the people of Woodlands through leisure, recreation, and sport.
Building on its heritage and purpose, the Scheme is actively contributing to improved social cohesion and supporting the community projects.
Contact Us
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Hours
Open today | 09:00 – 17:00 |
