Teesdale Community Resources

Who we are

We are a vibrant community charity based in Barnard Castle, dedicated to creating opportunities, connection and support for people across our area. We manage a welcoming community building, where we offer a diverse range of performance spaces, creative studios, community rooms and outdoor activity areas that bring people together through culture, wellbeing and shared experiences.

Our small but passionate team specialises in community engagement and support, working closely with local people to deliver meaningful activities and services that make a real difference. Alongside our staff, more than 100 incredible volunteers play a vital role in helping us achieve our mission, contributing their time, skills and energy to support our community every day.

Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. We work in partnership with local, regional and national charities and organisations to ensure our service users receive the best possible support, while also championing and raising the profile of community-led support across the region.

Our culture and values

Our Mission: To gather together volunteers to provide resources and opportunities for the people of Teesdale

Our Vision: To exist in a community with good quality, affordable and attainable resources and opportunities. To run a community business with autonomous employees and volunteers, who are led by community needs and share the workload fairly across the whole team. 

Our Values: Honesty and Integrity | Value our Community | Empower each other | Work together as a team

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

We believe that diversity and equality within our workforce, programmes and approaches are crucial to our mission of being inclusive and relevant to our communities. We want everyone to feel welcome. As an equal opportunities employer, our policy is that no current or prospective employee, or third party, will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of their race (including nationality, ethnicity or national origin), religion or belief, sex, marital status or civil partnership, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, age or disability. We recognise the nine protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010 and are committed to applying the provisions of the Act in full, in all areas of our organisation.

We are an award winning organisation who strives to highlight the issues around Equality, Diveristy and Inclusion.