Teesdale Community Resources

Who we are

We are a Community Venue based in Barnard Castle, County Durham. We manage a Community Building that houses a range of performance spaces, creative spaces, community rooms and outdoor areas. We employ a small team of staff who specialise in Community Engagement and Support. We also work with over 100 volunteers, who deliver our objectives alongside our employees. We work in Partnership with local, regional and national charities to get the best support for our service users and raise the profile of Community Support. 

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.