Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United are co-operating for an unprecedented joint project! Both teams have pledged support for the charity Talk Club which provides opportunities for men to open up about their mental well-being. Players from both clubs are recording messages expressing the importance of mental fitness. The new Sheffield Wednesday branch of Talk Club [...]

Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme’s Ramadan tournament labelled a huge success, as plans begin for a month-long Ramadan League in 2023. The pilot event which aimed to bring local communities together to celebrate Ramadan, was held on April 22nd at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield, by SWFCCP and the Sheffield City Trust. Over 40 people [...]

The Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme will receive a tranche of funding to help increase fitness levels and improve health outcomes through football. ‘Active Through Football’ is an exciting new programme from Sport England, funded by the National Lottery to the tune of £525,000 and delivered by the Football Foundation. The SWFC Community Programme joins forces [...]

In early 2022 Sheffield, Wednesday FC Community Programme partnered with SOAR to help the local population create a healthier lifestyle. Participant Information John Parkin; aged 28. Feb 2022: Weight at 106.1kg BMI at 33.8 April 2022: Weight at 103.4kg BMI at 33.1  “It’s changed my life immensely, in a very short time. I’m a hell [...]

For EFL Week of Action, this Wednesday our Premier League Kicks team partnered with Places for People Living Plus to engage young people and families with positive activities. Susan Lowry, from Places for People, said: "Working closely with the SWFCC Inclusion team has brought a wealth of activities for the children at our project, Some [...]

SWFCCP is joining football clubs across the country this month (April) to welcome refugees and people seeking asylum, as part of Amnesty International’s Football Welcomes campaign. Now in its fifth year, Football Welcomes celebrates the contribution players from a refugee background make to the game and highlights the role football can play in bringing people together and [...]

From 4-8 April, the English Football League (EFL) will launch its first-ever Week of Action. All 72 Clubs and Club Community Organisations will showcase activities with EFL players and managers joining participants across England and Wales, including: Wigan Athletic hosting a football session for Afghan refugees Bolton Wanderers supporting local young adults at risk of [...]

Sheffield Wednesday will be donning Zest shirts in their clash with AFC Wimbledon, to promote the Community Programme’s new health and fitness initiative. Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme has joined forces with Zest community Charity, to create the FANS Live Lighter programme. The free 12-week course has been designed to help fans lose weight in a [...]

On Wednesday, (23rd March) we hosted a football tournament at our Chaucer Premier League Kicks session, supported by students from Sheffield Hallam University. Young people from many of our other PL Kicks sessions attended the evening where we hosted a six-a-side football competition and other various football challenges such as: ‘You Know The Drill’ and [...]

Award-winning older people’s charity, SCCCC has collaborated with the Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Community Programme in their goal to reach isolated older people in the S6 area of Sheffield. Sheffield Churches’ Council for Community Care (SCCCC) have been recruiting volunteers to support their befriending service the Good Neighbour Scheme since 1966. The scheme that recruits [...]