For you · 01
The Workspace
Hot desks, mesh chairs, glass-walled rooms for focus, calls and interviews. Fast wi-fi, proper coffee, no sticky notes telling you to be your best self.
Coming to Manchester · 2026Work.
Work.
Play.
Repeat.
A joyful coworking club for parents with Montessori-inspired childcare a few steps from your desk. Built for the school run, the deep work, and the comeback.
£15/ day workspace · free coffee · childcare add-on
Bring the kids ✨
Mon–Fri, last-minute OK
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01 — The club
For parents
who refuse
to choose.
Most parents don't need a desk. They need somewhere safe to put the children while they finally have an uninterrupted thought. Work to Play is a small, beautifully designed coworking club in suburban Manchester with on-site Montessori-inspired childcare — so you can take the call, ace the interview, finish the proposal, and walk twenty steps to scoop them up.
Subscription based. Book last minute through the app. Designed for younger children, with school-holiday cover for older ones. Open Monday to Friday — and yours to hire on weekends for birthdays, baby showers and women's circles.
For them · 02
The Play Room
A calm, light-filled Montessori-inspired room with qualified staff, low ratios, and natural materials. Free play, structured activity, snack, nap, repeat.
For everyone · 03
The Little Café
Proper coffee, slow pastries, real food. A place to sit at the end of a day, meet another parent, or take a meeting that doesn't need a meeting room.
02 — Memberships
Cost-effective.
Last-minute.
No judgement.
Workspace from £15/day with one free coffee to kickstart your working session. Childcare is a separate add-on so you only pay for what you need — final rates land when we sign the lease, founding members lock theirs for life.
£12/ hour childcare£40/ half day (4hrs)£75/ full day
Childcare cost calculator
Total£24
Indicative pricing · 2 × hour @ £12
Drop-in
£15/ day
Free coffee included
- Pay-as-you-go desk
- Childcare add-on, by the hour
- Booked through the app
★ Founding
Founding member
£99/ month
Locked for life · 8 days/mo
- 8 days a month, flexible
- Childcare add-on at member rate
- Last-minute booking priority
- Launch price locked for life
Full-time
£199/ month
Mon–Fri unlimited
- Full Mon–Fri access
- Childcare add-on at best rate
- Private call booth credits
- Holiday-club priority
03 — What's on
More than a desk.
A little cultural club for parents.
01
School-holiday club
Older kids welcome when term ends. Crafts, outings, breathing room.
02
Getting back into work
AI upskilling, CV clinics, interview rooms. Built for the comeback.
03
Weekend hire
Birthdays, baby showers, meet-ups, supper clubs. The space is yours.
04
Parent socials
Meet the parent in the next chair. The one who's been there too.
04 — Locations
Suburban
Manchester.
Low-cost parking.
We're scouting space in three neighbourhoods. Tell us where you'd use it most — your pin moves the dot on the map.
Didsbury
Site #1
Scouting · Q2 2026
Chorlton
Site #2
Scouting · Q3 2026
Withington
Site #3
Scouting · Q4 2026
05 — Be early
Built by parents,
for parents.
Join the founding waitlist for first dibs on membership, locked-in launch pricing, and a real say in what we open with.
A founder-led, social-enterprise project · Manchester · 2026