Students from Royton and Crompton Academy are set to work on a year-long project to document the experiences of young people of colour during the pandemic.

A total of 12 pupils from the school will work with Oldham’s Skills 4 All community organisation to record their Covid stories in their own words.

The students are working with creative arts, videography, and photography professionals and will learn skills to share their lockdown stories.

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It is hoped the digital skills they learn will also help to strengthen their career opportunities.

Skills 4 All, based in Oldham’s Greenacres Community Centre, was awarded a £50,000 grant by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK, for the arts-based learning project, which is called ‘My COVID-19 Memories’.

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Andrea Atkinson, headteacher at E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy said: “I am so glad that some of our students get to take part in this very important project. 

“Not only will they learn some new and invaluable skills, but they will get to tell and preserve their experience of what was hopefully a once-in-a-lifetime event.”

Tom Campbell, chief executive of E-ACT said: “It was great to hear that students from E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy will be working closely with Skills 4 All on this project. 

“I know everyone at E-ACT is keen to see their stories.”