Bishop Auckland Community Partnership

Contact:

The four clocks centre

154A Newgate Street

Bishop Auckland

Co. Durham

DL14 7EH

Phone: 01388 609852

Fax: 01388 663181

Email: receptionfourclocks@btconnect.com

Website: www.4clocks.org

What facilities can you offer?

Room hire for meetings etc – from 12-50 people depending on room

Interview Rooms - for up to 3 people

Internet café’ – 3 pc’s

Café area – suitable for  demonstrations and events

Office – space available on half day

What activities are currently running?

The four clocks youth project – drop in, out reach and detached work.

Eastgate Village Hall

Eastgate is 3 miles west of Stanhope in Weardale.

The village has evidence of Roman habitation – a Roman Altar to Silvanus being discovered on the river banks. The name originates from its position at the eastern entrance, the prince Bishops’ Hunting Park.

Contact:

The secretary

C/o Cragside Cottage

Eastgate-in-weardale

Co. Durham

DL13 2HJ

01388 517561

What facilities can you offer?

A very pleasant hall, sit in rural surroundings with a capacity.

Toilet facilities include a disabled toilet.

Separate kitchen equipped with range cooker, fridge, microwave, crockery & cutlery.

Square tables for 4 &upholstered stacking chairs.

What activities are currently running?

The hall is mainly hired for village social events & private functions by people in the local area. Alpha meeting, young farmers club are currently meeting here. Whist drives are held monthly & domino drives less regular.

Public meetings & local elections.   

Adjacent to the A690 (Durham – Crook) on the west side of the village. Situated on the north side opposite the old village school

Contact

Hon. Sec. on 01388 748339

What facilities can you offer?

Good car parking

Hall accommodation for 100 people

Kitchen facilities

Disabled entrance & toilet.

What activities are currently running?

Whist Drives – W.I – Keep Fit – Bingo – Church - Parties – Charity Sales - ETC

Howden-le-wear community association

Contact

Mrs. Johnson (secretary) : (01388) 764419

A.     kirkbride: (01388) 762467 

Community Centre

Hargill road

Howden-le-wear

Crook

Co. Durham

DL15 8HJ

What facilities can you offer?

Main hall 55’ x i8’ (16.7m X 5.4m)

Top room 27’x 18’ (11.2m x 5.4m) has white & chalk boards

Games Room 29’x18’ (8.8m x 5.4m) has white & chalk boards

Lounge 30’ x 18’ (9.1m x 5.4m)

Meeting Room 21’ x 18’ (6.4m x 5.4m)

History Room 28’ x 18’ (8.5m x 5.4m)
The building is on one level with access to wheelchairs, it has an accessible toilet and has recently being redecorated including a kitchen refurbishment. There is also a large car park outside which has a max capacity of 20 vehicles.

What activities are currently running?

Ladies Keep Fit- Monday Evening

Carpet Bowls – Tuesday Evening

Art Club - Wednesday Evening

Tai Chi – Thursday Evening

Also Monthly

Woman’s institute

Neighbourhood Watch

Partnership

History Society

Baby Clinic

Nurses – (Blood pressure checks)

The walking club meets regularly and often visits interesting locations with varying degrees of difficulty.

King James 1 Community Association

Contact:

South Church Road

Bishop Auckland

Co. Durham

DL14 7J2

Phone/ Fax 01388 603543

Email - Kjca@hotmail.co.uk

What facilities can you offer?

Squash Courts, Bowls Facilities, Gyms (Five aside for example), and Badmington Courts are available for Casual use.

What activities are currently running?

Adult classes – Holiday French, Aerobics, Pottery, Boxercise, Sugar Craft, Basic Computers, Mixed Crafts, Woodcarving, Tai Chi, Scenery & Theatre Design and Pilates.

Other activities (Adult & children) - Girls group, Taekwondo, jujitsu, Trampolining, Gymnastics, Monster Mondays Club (for youth and disabled), youth clubs, dance classes drama, play club, bowls, get along club (adult and disabled), Diet and fitness  (Rosemary Conley).

Parkside Community Association

Contact:

Parkside School

Hall Lane

Willington

DL15 0QF

01388 748558

What facilities can you offer?

Sports Hall

Fitness Suite

Gym/ Classrooms/ Fields

Contact

Treasurer, Mary Tribe 0191 3849133

Flag Terence

Sunniside

What facilities can you offer?

Ground Floor – Small Hall, Meeting room, Large Kitchen, toilets

First Floor – small hall, Meeting room

Wheelchair accessible

What activities are currently running?

Bingo

Carpet Bowls

Parties

Polling station

Presentations

Play Scheme

Public Meetings

Westgate Village Hall

Contact:

Front Street, Westgate in Weardale

People get in touch via committee members, known locally, or via the secretary, 22 Front Street, Westgate, DL13 1RX  tel 01388 517629, deborah.richardson@tesco.net

What facilities can you offer?

A large function room upstairs, smaller facilities downstairs and full kitchen facilities.

Disabled access is available with ramps, adapted lavatory and stairlift.

What activities are currently running?

Carpet bowls, sewing group, quilting groups and events, fundraising activities, coffee mornings.

Other events have included quiz night, guided walks, slide show and talks, annual auctions and Westgate in Bloom in July, exhibitions of local works in August, Christmas shopping night December.