What's involved?
The Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme Street Soccer Academy is a free 10-week personal development programme providing a combination of football coaching, mindset training and skills & employability workshops.
By joining the Street Soccer Academy you can:
- Improve your physical and mental health
- Increase your fitness, confidence and self-belief
- Create a more positive mindset
- Improve your employability prospects
- Be in a safe and positive environment
- Develop and improve key skills such as team work, goal-setting, communication and more!
"The Street Soccer Academy is going to be a powerful project working with people in our community and allowing them to learn different aspects of life in a theory and practical based way building confidence and meeting new people along the way"
Sean Graves, Health Manager - Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme
When are the sessions?
The Spring/Summer 2024 Academy will run during March, April and May.
The dates and times of all 10 sessions will be published here when full timings have been confirmed.
When are the sessions?
All sessions include lunch
- TASTER SESSION - Friday, 1st March - 10.30am-2.30pm
- SESSION 1 - Friday, 8th March - 10.30am-2.30pm
- SESSION 2 - Friday, 15th March - 10.30am-2.30pm
- SESSION 3 - Friday, 22nd March - 10.30am-2.30pm
- SESSION 4 - Friday, 19th April - 10.30am-2.30pm
- SESSION 5 - Friday, 26th April - 10.30am-2.30pm
- SESSION 6 - Friday, 3rd May - 10.30am-2.30pm
- SESSION 7 - Friday, 10th May - 10.30am-2.30pm
- SESSION 8 - Friday, 17th May - 10.30am-2.30pm
- SESSION 9 - Friday, 24th May - 10.30am-2.30pm
- GRADUATION - Friday, 31st May - 10.30am-2.30pm
* March 29th plus April 5th and 12th are unavailable due to Bank Holiday or facility already being booked.
Where's the venue?
Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme
Hillsborough Stadium, 76 Penistone Road North, Sheffield S6 1SW
Refer a young person now
To refer a young person, please complete our online referral form. The Street Soccer Academy programme is open to young adults aged 18-30. We aim to help people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, vulnerable or disadvantaged.