• Our Opening Hours

  • Bank holiday hours

    Happy Easter from everyone at Zest!

    We are open today (Easter Sunday). Pop in for a swim or a gym session.

    We'll also be open on Bank Holiday Monday from 11am–7pm. Foodworks cafe will be open from 11am and Children's swimming lessons are running as normal.

    View our timetable

  • Who we are and what we do

  • Zest is an award winning community enterprise delivering high quality and responsive services to local people. We are passionate community enablers, working to tackle local inequalities and improve community wellbeing.

    We manage a flagship community building, the Zest Centre, and deliver a range of responsive and integrated community, leisure, health and work support services to adults and children from across Sheffield.

    Zest Impact Report 2024 - 2025

The Zest Centre

Zest is a centre for community wellbeing, a vibrant, community-led initiative, bringing people together, improving lives, and increasing access to health, education, leisure, and recreational facilities for all sections of the community.

  • Support Your Local Community!

    Have your say

    Help create a better future

    Become a Zest Community Member today!

    If you are interested in the future of your local community, and want to be part of a positive social movement, then join us for free today!

    As a local member, you can help influence, improve and support local services, address local issues and help create a vibrant and inclusive community.

    Please complete our community membership survey to tell us how you want to get involved.

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  • Children's Swimming Lessons

    We offer children's swimming lessons Monday to Friday 4-6:50pm and all day Saturday. Help your child learn a valuable life skill by enrolling on our swimming lessons today.

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  • Membership Options

    Interested in becoming a member? Choose from a range of options with swim only, gym only or combined swim and gym memberships, to meet everyone's needs.

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  • Women Only Sessions

    We offer a selection of women-only sessions. Learn to swim with our group lessons, take part in a fun 'aqua-aerobics' class or join us for a leisure swim.

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Food Works Upperthorpe

In Partnership with The Food Works Zest brings you Food Works Upperthorpe, a community café run by a talented team of chefs and local volunteers.
The below video shows you how to find Food Works Upperthorpe:

"...it would not be simply a building for the present generation, but for future generations, the building, in fact, would be all they could wish..."
Alderman Fisher, 1869
Chair of the Council Library Committee

Our Partners