Owls skipper Glenn Loovens has won the club’s PFA Community Player of the Year award. The award recognises the players’ contribution to Wednesday’s work in the community, of which Loovens has been consistently supportive since his arrival in 2013. The Dutchman was instrumental in helping to organise the Owls’ ‘Give It Up’ campaign last season, [...]
Owls duo Joe WIldsmith and Cameron Dawson visited Cutlers’ Hall on Thursday evening to support Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice. Wednesday are taking part in the Master Cutler’s Challenge 2018, which invites companies and community groups to take up a fundraising task. Each group is given a £50 seed fund, which they have to turn into [...]
On Saturday 27th January, the Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme hosted a Regional KICKS Cup, at Sheffield Parkwood Academy, for clubs to attend from the North of England. The turnout was fantastic, with 10 clubs making the Journey to Sheffield to take part in the competition. These clubs included Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Sunderland, Barnsley, Doncaster, Hull, Rotherham, [...]
Wednesday 20th December 2017 saw the first of our NCS Keep Warm Event at Ice Sheffield. All the young people who signed up for NCS 2018 before Christmas were invited down to take part in a Christmas Themed Ice Skating session. It was a great evening with over 100 young people attending! Keep Warm Events [...]
The Owls’ Community Programme would like to congratulate Darren Howe on his 20 years with Wednesday! Darren, a highly respected football coach, started his career with the Owls back in 1997, and has since delivered various levels of coaching over the past two decades. He is the longest serving member of the team and one [...]
Sheffield Wednesday FC’s new and improved community programme website is now live, making it even easier for Wednesdayite’s to explore the wide range of opportunities offered to all the family in education, health and (most importantly) fun. With Owls in the Park 2017 returning on Sunday, 3 September, aligning with Wednesday's 150th anniversary, there's no [...]
The 14th Sheffield Fans Derby went all the way to penalties in front of nearly 300 spectators at Bramall Lane – and the Owls emerged triumphant! Teams of fans from Wednesday and United battled it out this week for the SFD Trophy at Bramall Lane in aid of Sheffield Hospital’s Charity Stroke Appeal. The pioneering [...]
The Owls and Huddersfield are set to meet again on Wednesday night at Hillsborough following today’s 0-0 draw in the play-off semi final first leg. Ahead of the all-important second clash in midweek, Carlos Carvalhal has recalled the influence of the supporters during last season’s semi finals. Wednesdayites made it an S6 occasion to remember [...]
Sheffield Wednesday have been awarded ‘The EFL Family Excellence Award’ for the 2016/17 season. The EFL Family Excellence Award winners were announced today for the 2016/17 season. A record breaking number of 51 clubs from across all three EFL divisions have been recognised. Created in 2007, the EFL Family Excellence Award recognises the outstanding experience [...]
The Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme will be delivering a brand new BTEC course in Performing Arts and Dance. The course starts in September this year in partnership with INK Dance and a leading college. Students will be working with professionals from the industry throughout the two-year programme. They will also be taking part in theatre [...]