Wybourn Works is a pilot project funded by Department of Works and Pensions (DWP) and Institute for Learning and Work. We are now in year 2 which is funded by Youth Futures. Look out for activities for young people in Wybourn in 2025/26!
The project provides support to Wybourn residents in partnership with other organisations. Events and activities will take place alongside providing personalised support and financial support to enable people to take part in training, events and interviews and during the first few weeks of employment.
Anyone who lives on the Wybourn Estate who aged of 16 and over. Your employment status is not important.
You will need to have a right to work in the UK. During your registration, you will complete a consent form and asked to provide ID in the form of a passport, driving licence, Proof of DWP benefit entitlement, birth certificate, utility bill, visa or work permit or a combination of these.
Wybourn Works are at Pat Midgley Community Hub Every Monday 10am – 3pm
Tuesday and Thursday at Skye Edge Community Centre 10am – 3pm
To find out more about courses and opportunities or to book a session please contact us using:
Always an Alternative has been a resounding success for our 8 – 15 year olds.
Ant and his team run the popular mobile youth bus, also affectionately known as the ‘Party Bus’!
They will be based in the playground at Wybourn Primary School on Mondays from 4pm – 6pm.
Take a look at what Always an Alternative do:
Park Library, 243 Duke Street (entrance is the red door on Samson Street)
Wybourn Works have commissioned Power 2 Succeed to provide fitness training to everyone in Wybourn aged 11+
Sessions are run by Aaron who is highly qualified and can offer individual advice and guidance on fitness, taking health issues into consideration.
It’s a great way to keep moving and to make new friends.
Drop in sessions, stay for as long or as little as you want.
Find out what’s happening in your area.
Pat Midgley Community Hub, 331 Manor Oaks Road, Wybourn, Sheffield, S2 5EE
Come and have a cuppa and a chat.
Back open and ready for all people ☺️
Come in for a brew and a chat with your locals.
Mondays, 10am – 12pm.
Autism Plus Team will also be there with help and guidance for adults who need extra support.
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Pat Midgley Community Hub, 331 Manor Oaks Road, S2 5EE
Mondays, 12pm – 2pm with Mandy and Kerryanne.
Do you need support searching for jobs and applying on line, or need support finding ‘hidden jobs’? If you are applying for lots of vacancies but not having any joy getting interviews, come and speak with us to get support and tips on how to apply for jobs.
Laptops are available and you will get support to apply for jobs while you are there.
Pat Midgley Community Hub, 331 Manor Oaks Road, S2 5EE
If you are a veteran, come and speak with Angelique to see how Help for Heroes can help you.
Pat Midgley Community Hub, 331 Manor Oaks Road, S2 5EE
6:30pm – 7:30pm (for 4 weeks)
Learn how to fix your own personal items, crochet, sewing, and much more!
5:30pm – 6:30pm (4 weeks)
Pat Midgley Community Hub, 331 Manor Oaks Road, S2 5EE
5pm – 6pm (4 weeks)
Pat Midgley Community Hub, 331 Manor Oaks Road, S2 5EE
Pat Midgley Community Hub, 331 Manor Oaks Road, S2 5EE
Northern College
9:30am – 3pm (once a week for four weeks)
For ages 10-15
Park Library, 243 Duke Street (entrance is the red door on Samson Street)
Come along and have a chat with Paul and Ben
Skye Edge Social Centre
Pat Midgley Community Hub, 331 Manor Oaks Road, S2 5EE
10:15am – 11am (4 weeks)
Pat Midgley Community Hub, 331 Manor Oaks Road, S2 5EE
11am – 11:45am (4 weeks)
Pat Midgley Community Hub, 331 Manor Oaks Road, S2 5EE
Learn how to cook a simple meal on a budget.
10am – 12:30pm
With Acorn Training.
Course runs for 2 weeks (Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri)
Park Library, 243 Duke Street (entrance is the red door on Samson Street)
Pat Midgley Community Hub, 331 Manor Oaks Road, S2 5EE
5pm – 7pm
The Wybourn works team spent the day in Birmingham with our funders from Learning and Work Institute, DWP, Youth Futures and IES.
The other 9 pilot sites were there as well. It was great to see the work we are all doing for our communities and the amazing outcomes we are achieving.
Paul did a fantastic job talking about our work with Wybourn.
The customer reviews were amazing! It’s great to see the changes which are being made for the residents of our local areas.
We had a resounding success with Wy-Fest in August with over 300 people attending on the day.
We celebrated participants who had completed courses and had found volunteering positions through the Wybourn Works, JobsPlus project.
Children had fun playing on the giant garden games and having a go at fencing as well as doing crafts and playing with remote controlled cars.
With free burgers and ice cream for people attending and plenty of partnership organisations there on the day for the community to find our more about what is available, a good day was had by all!
Spiderman and Black Panther paid a visit too!
We had a lovely Christmas fayre with people from the local area selling gifts such as mugs, hair products, natural oils and jewellery. We had a good turn out customers enjoyed a cuppa and cake as well as buying gifts and treating themselves. We all sang happy birthday to a local resident who came to the market too.
We look forward to putting on more events in the future for our Wybourn community.
A successful event was held at Pat Midgley Community hub where lots of cake, cookies and beverages were on offer for a donation which went towards raising funds for Macmillan Nurses.
Residents enjoyed a fun game of bingo and a good natter with each other.
It was our first money raising event and we look forward to doing more events in the future.
We held our first Health and Wellbeing event at Pat Midgley Community hub which was well attend by many Wybourn residents. We had amazing feedback and everyone who attended enjoyed the day.
We had organisations offering advice from Likewise, drug and alcohol service, Green Doctors were offering energy advice and are arranging to go to people’s homes to make energy efficient changes and additions to their homes such as heat reflectors behind radiators and energy light bulbs. Manor Castle Development Trust were also offering cost of living advice.
Our very own Community Champion, Reimana, was doing a cooking demonstration of Fine Dining on a budget, healthy snacks edition, where she made smashed avocados with onions, sundried tomatoes and sweet peppers on rice cakes, which went down a storm. We had Melanie doing mystery smoothies and Karine made sugar free health bars. Community Champion, Lydia was also on hand to help people make positive pouches where they designed their own positive wording on a zip case.
The health checks, facial aromatherapy sessions and reflexology were also very popular and much needed.
We are taking feedback received from the health check to offer more health related activities in the future to help improve health inequalities in the region. Watch this space!
11/09/2024
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