Youth and Community Workers

Create Sheffield is working to strengthen connections between the city’s youth work and arts and cultural sectors to help young people access a more joined up cultural offer. Projects like Green Gardens show what’s possible when art organisations and youth work settings come together, but we want to do more.

If you are a youth worker or community organisation working creatively with children and young people, we would love to hear from you. Please fill out this short form or contact us and tell us about yourself and how the network might support you.

Check out our opportunities pages or sign up to our newsletter for creative events and activities that your young people might be interested in.

If you’d like to explore working with a new creative organisation or local artist, you can browse our partner directory and contact them directly or message us for an introduction.

With funding from Sheffield City Council’s Cultural Networks Fund, we are planning an event in late 2026 to bring creatives and youth workers together for networking and discussion. Leave your details here and we will send you updates.

You can explore our existing community partners below.

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Brightbox - Community-led Makerspaces

Brightbox design community-led Makerspaces- places and spaces for people to be creative problem-solvers.

Sharrow Community Forum

Sharrow Community Forum supports children, young people and families, develops community cohesion and community involvement, and provides accessible and affordable spaces for hire.

Sheffield Manor Lodge

Sheffield Manor Lodge's heritage site is a meadows haven where you can discover Sheffield's Tudor story and lose yourself in an urban nature landscape.

Sheffield Mencap and Gateway

Sheffield Mencap and Gateway are the leading provider of training and support for people with learning disabilities in Sheffield, supporting over 600 people every week.

Migration Matters Festival

Migration Matters Festival bring communities together through music, art, performance, food and celebration.

DECSY

DECSY exists to promote Global Learning: an approach to education that increases understanding of complex global issues, such as world poverty, conflict, climate change, racism and migration and thinking about how to create a better world.

Chilypep

Chilypep (the Children and Young People’s Empowerment Project) is a charity dedicated to raising the voice of children and young people, giving them the platform to shape their world and stay connected.