Your Spaces: Free 6pm Youth Sessions in Wolverhampton Parks
Wolverhampton’s Your Spaces initiative has moved from launch headlines to a practical weekly rhythm. The City of Wolverhampton Council update published on Tuesday, 16 June 2026 confirms that the programme is currently running for young people and families across two city parks, with repeat slots designed around evening routines. The programme is led by the Wolves Foundation, with support from the City of Wolverhampton Council and the Premier League Foundation. In short, it gives families a clearer path to free local activities without needing to track temporary one-off events.
Quick details
– What: Your Spaces Programme (community sports and activities)
– Where: Long Ley Sports Ground, Heath Town; Peace Park, Whitmore Reans
– When: Wednesday and Friday, 18:00-20:00 at Long Ley; Thursday and Saturday, 18:00-20:00 at Peace Park
– Cost: Free
– Who: Young people and families
– Booking: Open access, with no booking details published in the source update
Weekly rhythm across Long Ley and Peace Park
The schedule is straightforward: two fixed blocks each week, split by venue. Long Ley Sports Ground carries sessions on Wednesdays and Fridays, while Peace Park hosts Thursdays and Saturdays. This split creates a predictable pattern for parents who want to build a routine around sport and free outdoor activity.
Early sessions were reported as well-attended, with many sessions welcoming over 50 young people. The programme is not described as a one-time launch campaign but as a continuing local offer, which is important for planning weekend movement and school transport around sport or arts options in the same neighbourhoods. The update makes no claim that sessions are fully booked, and no paid entry details are included.
What participants can do in each venue
Session content is explicitly split by place and style. Long Ley focuses on multi-sports activity, with basketball and football among the core options. Peace Park keeps the same opening format and adds cricket, football, art in the park, an outdoor gym, and graffiti workshops.
The mix gives families practical choice between movement-focused sessions and activity-plus-creative options. It also spreads different use patterns across both parks, so one venue is not carrying all activity pressure while the other remains underused. Early evidence shows this model is attracting numbers, which is the practical signal the initiative was designed around.
How the programme is shaped and who is delivering it
According to the release, Wolves Foundation staff are not running the programme alone. Delivery is being shared with local groups such as Hope Community Project, Wolverhampton SLAM Basketball, Kixx, Community First, Mandem Meet-Up, Beatsabar, and TLC College. That local network matters because it expands the number of people who can reliably attend, volunteer, and sustain sessions over time.
Tom Warren, General Manager of Wolves Foundation, said the programme has made a promising start and gives young people access to structured activity close to home. He also said the partnership model is central to delivery, describing how different organisations bring different expertise into one schedule. Councillor Obaida Ahmed, Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Community, added that visible, consistent activity is already helping transform underused spaces into places where communities can come together.
The approach was developed using local data to target places where regular activity and visibility may reduce anti-social behaviour and improve how residents feel about public space. That is a policy goal with immediate local impact, because the programme is visible, free, and tied to places people already recognise.
How to use it now and what is coming next
For residents and carers, the immediate decision point is simple: pick a weekday based on venue availability and travel, then plan for 18:00-20:00. Long Ley and Peace Park are the working locations in this update; no fee, no paid entry process is stated. Keep in mind that the publication does not provide a booking form or transport details, so plans should be made around open-access access.
For readers wanting recent context on this family-friendly city rollout, use this free sessions planning page. Expansion is scheduled next: new sessions are planned at Tennyson Road in the Scotlands first, with Weddell Wynd in Bilston to follow. The brief also notes Wolves Foundation is inviting organisations to register interest in delivering sessions.
Councillor Obaida Ahmed said the sessions are already helping to make underused parks feel more communal and enjoyable.
Source: City of Wolverhampton Council
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