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...

  It was back in 2015 when play projects in Sheffield first really got their heads together to look at how to weather the storm of cuts and austerity measures to make sure that quality play offers for children weren't lost - creating Sheffield Play Association....

Summer Playing Out at Gleadless Common Playground Let's support the children to get back out into the parks and green spaces in their neighbourhoods this Summer. Sheffield Play Partnership is running 8 free drop-in play sessions at Gleadless Common Playground during...

On Tuesday 19th May, we welcomed over 60 people from across 31 different settings to The Inaugural Sheffield Play Conference 2026 at Adventures! We gathered together folks from after school and community projects, schools, early years settings, local councillors and...

There has been a lot going on over the past few weeks, what with our winning the Move More Changemaker Award 2026, and our build up to the Inaugural Sheffield Play Conference 2026. Alongside this, a couple of weeks ago we held our bi-monthly Connecting Through Play...

Last Friday, we had the privilege of attending the Move More Awards 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria Sheffield. It was a fabulous event and it was an honour to be invited. We are delighted to announce that we won the Move More Changemaker Award 2026! The award...

There's so much going on here at Play Partnership HQ that we were struggling to choose just one update so here is a round up of the exciting this happening this Spring! We've for FREE Discovering Play Level 1 courses starting in: Gleadless Valley from 13th April...

Manor After School and Kids Klubs (MASKK) are one of our core partners, bringing deep knowledge and hands‑on expertise in creating quality play spaces and projects for children and young people. Their work strengthens the whole Sheffield Play Partnership network and...

One of the core aims of Sheffield Play Partnership is to turn the tide on the loss of community play provision that we've seen through cuts, austerity and the pandemic - leaving many communities across Sheffield without access to out of school opportunities,...

  Introducing the 2026 SWASH Programme: Fully Funded Training & Support for Sheffield’s Wraparound Providers Sheffield’s school-aged childcare community is about to enjoy its most exciting year yet. The 2026 SWASH Programme, fully funded by Sheffield City...