Students playing basketball on an outdoor court
Universities: halls and sport

Every pitch, court and hall. Stocked.

Students don't carry a racket to the sports hall. With a PlayPod, they don't have to.

Live at the University of Nottingham, University of the Arts London and Goldsmiths.

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PlayPods across University of Nottingham halls and sport

24/7

open, so sport fits around lectures

99.8%

of equipment returned

USE CASES

Where PlayPods work

01

Halls of residence

Table tennis, chess and games in the common rooms and courtyards where students actually live.

02

Courts and pitches

Balls and rackets at the court, open until the lights go off. No trip to the sports centre first.

03

Sport and wellbeing programmes

Low-barrier activity that gets the students who would never join a club moving.

THE BUSINESS CASE

Why it pays

Zero kit room

No booking desk, no staff on the door, and no equipment disappearing from the store cupboard.

Open around the clock

PlayPods run on their own battery, day and night. Sport happens when students are free, not when reception is open.

Participation you can report

See which halls, courts and residences play most. Numbers your sport and wellbeing teams can use.

How the deal works

A one-off installation per PlayPod plus an annual licence. Your team keeps the kit stocked with our equipment guide; we run the tech, the app and support.

Get a quote for your site
HOW IT WORKS

From signed to played

  1. 1

    We survey your site

    A short visit to pick the spots where people already gather and the kit they will use.

  2. 2

    We install

    A PlayPod mounts on an existing fence, wall or post in about an hour. No groundworks, no cabling.

  3. 3

    People scan and play

    A 20-second checkout in the PlayMade app opens the PlayPod. A deposit is held until the kit is back.

  4. 4

    You get the numbers

    A monthly report on how many people played, when, and with which equipment.

Opening a PlayPod with the PlayMade app

Let's look at your site.

A 30-minute call. Bring a map or a photo of the space.