Welcome to Sheffield Play Partnership

We are an award-winning passionate alliance of local organisations, parents, and play professionals dedicated to creating vibrant, inclusive, and safe play opportunities for every child across Sheffield.

Our Projects

Find out more about what projects we are currently working on across Sheffield.

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Who We Are

Sheffield Play Partnership is an award-winning passionate alliance of local organisations, parents, and play professionals dedicated to creating vibrant, inclusive, and safe play opportunities for every child across Sheffield. We believe play is not a luxury — it’s a fundamental right and a vital part of childhood.

Training

Sheffield Play Partnership is a national leader in the delivery of play & playwork qualifications, offering accredited courses at level 1, 2 , 3 and 4. We are committed to offering trainings that reflect the needs of the play sector in Sheffield.

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Events

We run events throughout the year including a quarterly ‘Connecting Through Play’ for anyone working in play to meet together, our annual Sheffield Play Awards, as well as signposting to national play events.

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Projects

We are working on projects across Sheffield. Find out more about what projects are on and how we can support you to run a play-based project in your area.

Latest News

Making an Impact

This past year has been an exciting one for Sheffield Play Partnership – a year of changemaking in our city! We pioneered Sheffield’s first ever Play Conference, bringing together 60 people from 30+ organisations and delivered our training programme to 160 people...

What makes where you live a great place to play? #SheffieldWeekOfPlay2026

SHEFFIELD WEEK OF PLAY 2026 IS COMING! We're getting ready to celebrate all things play across Sheffield! Sheffield Week of Play brings people and organisations across the city together to celebrate play and all the brilliant things that happen when children and young...

We have moved!

We are now based at Gleadless Valley Methodist Church, Blackstock Rd, S14 1FX, the new home of the now multi-award winning Valley Youth Hub! We're delighted to be working in the same place as Emma and the Valley Youth Hub team, as well as being closer to the various...

Our Core Partners

 

The Sheffield Play Partnership was created to bring individuals and groups together. To create a sense of community and culture of cooperation. Our Core partners enable us to acheive this vision. You can find out more about how to join the Sheffield Play Partnership here.

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Sharrow Community Community Forum provide a range of services and manage the Highfield Adventure Playground. A playground that has recently benefited significantly from the Youth Investment Fund.

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MASKK offers a range of services including after school childcare, holiday childcare, services for children with disabilities, play opportunities, and training and development for volunteers and staff. MASKK is open 6 days a week term time and 5 days a week in school holidays.
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At Pitsmoor Adventure Playground children are able to play in lots of different ways, supported by our experienced playwork team, who make sure every child feels welcome and included.