15/10/2026
Sheffield United Community Foundation Workshop.💡🎨
JUST DOWN THE ROAD. 🚗
We kit out teams across the country, but there’s something special about getting involved on our doorstep. Last week, we headed to a sunny Bramall Lane to meet Sheffield United Community Foundation’s e-sports students. 💻🎮
On the agenda? A look inside Kitlocker, a chat about careers and a chance to design a shirt of their own. 👕
YOU DON’T NEED IT ALL FIGURED OUT. 🤷♂️
Behind every kit is a whole team of people, with different skills, interests and backgrounds. Jonny and Brad introduced the students to some of those roles, from design and marketing to sales, technology and warehouse operations.
The message? There are plenty of careers to explore, and you don’t need every step planned before you start.
DIFFERENT ROUTES. 🛣️
ROOM TO GROW. 📈
Jonny and Brad shared their own career journeys to show that there’s no single way to find what suits you. Brad went from hairdressing into warehouse work and later HR. Jonny started with a university placement, trying marketing before finding his feet in roles centred around people.
For the students, the message was simple: whatever your background, there’s room to try things, change direction and discover what you enjoy.
Next up, a chance to explore their own creative skills. ✍️
THEIR TURN. 🫵
THEIR SHIRT. 👕
After hearing about the people and processes behind the kit, the students took on a design challenge of their own. The brief was simple: create a shirt you’d actually want to wear.
Some took inspiration from music and film. Others picked up a pen and went with the flow, trying colours, patterns and details that felt right to them. ✍️
BLADES MEETS BUTTONS.
One student carefully reworked the Sheffield United Blades emblem to incorporate a games controller. A clever way to bring the club’s identity and their e-sports studies together in one detail. 🎮
That’s the exciting part of opening up the design process. Everyone brings their own interests and references, taking a familiar shirt somewhere new.
SHEFFIELD, YOU’VE GOT IDEAS.💡
It’s never just names and numbers on a shirt. It’s the people wearing it, the things they love and
