Welcoming places South Tyneside (Community spaces)

Welcoming places are free public places where residents can go to get warm, save money on their heating costs, avoid social isolation, and receive support and advice.

A number of organisations and venues have pledged their support to residents. The below list can help you find the nearest one to you, opening days / times and what facilities are on offer.

Any community group who would like to offer a potential welcoming place can request more information by contacting Rory.Sherwood-Parkin@southtyneside.gov.uk.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Action Station South Tyneside

Address: Boldon Lane, South Shields, NE34 OLZ

Drop-in:

  • Monday, 10am to 12pm (IT classes)
  • Monday, 11am to 12.45pm (Seated yoga)
  • Thursday, (PM, Chat and crafts)

Nearest metro: Tyne Dock
Nearest bus: Boldon Lane

Age Concern Tyneside South (ACTS)

Address: 29 Beach Road, South Shields, NE33 2QU

Drop-in:

  • Monday: 9am to 4pm
  • Tuesday to Thursday: 9am to 4pm
  • Friday: 1pm to 4pm
  • Saturday: 9.30am to 12.30pm

Nearest metro: South Shields
Nearest bus: Fowler Street, South Shields

Apna Ghar (Women only)

Address: 124-126 Ocean Road, South Shields, NE33 2JF

Drop-in:

  • Monday to Thursday: 9.30am to 3pm

Nearest metro: South Shields
Nearest bus: Ocean Road or South Shields Interchange

Barnes Institute

Address: East Street, Whitburn, SR6 7BY

Drop-in:

  • Wednesday, 10am to 2pm

Nearest metro: East Boldon
Nearest bus: Front Street / East Street

Big Local Jarrow

Address: Cambrian Street, Jarrow, NE32 3QN

Drop-in plus activities: 

  • Tuesday and Wednesday: 10am to 11.30am
  • Digital support on Wednesday: 10am to 11.30am

Nearest metro: Jarrow
Nearest bus: Jarrow Bus Station

Bilton Hall Community Trust

Address: Taunton Avenue, Jarrow, NE32 3RT

Drop-in: 

  • Monday social: 11am to 3pm 
  • Tuesday coffee morning: 11am to 1pm 
  • Tuesday afternoon social: 12pm to 2pm 
  • Friday social (bar evening): 6pm to 11pm  
  • The cafe will be open Monday to Thursday: 11am to 2pm (a free cup of tea will be available)

Nearest metro: Bede
Nearest bus: Lynton Avenue

Boldon and Cleadon Community Library

Address: Boker Lane, Boldon, Boldon Colliery, NE36 0RY

Drop- in: 

  • Monday and Friday: 10am to 1pm
  • Tuesday and Thursday: 10am to 5pm
  • First and third Saturday of each month: 10am to 1pm

Nearest metro: East Boldon
Nearest bus: Front Street / Boker Lane East

Boldon Community Centre

Address: New Rd, Boldon Colliery, NE35 9DS

Drop-in: 

  • Monday to Friday, 9am to 7pm

Nearest metro: Brockley Whins or East Boldon (not walking distance)
Nearest bus: New Road, Boldon Colliery

Charles Young Centre

Address: Talbot Road, South Shields, NE34 0QJ

Drop-in: 

  • Monday and Wednesday: 9.30am to 2pm
  • Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 9.30am to 4pm

Nearest metro: Tyne Dock
Nearest bus: Harton Lane or Stanhope Road

Cleadon Park Library

Address: 10 Prince Edward Road, South Shields, NE34 8PS

Drop in: 

  • Monday and Thursday: 9am to 7pm
  • Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9am to 5pm
  • Saturday: 9am to 1pm

Nearest bus: King George Road or The Nook, South Shields 

Clegwell and Hartleyburn Community Hub

Address: Mountbatten Avenue, Hebburn, NE31 2QP

Drop-in:

  • Monday to Thursday: 4.45pm to 9.30pm
  • Friday: 4.45pm to 8.45pm 
  • Saturday: 9am to 2.30pm
  • Sunday: 9am to 3.30pm

Criterion Pub

Address: Ocean Road, South Shields, NE33 2HZ

Drop-in:

  • Monday to Friday, 10am to 3pm

Nearest metro: South Shields
Nearest bus: Ocean Road or South Shields Interchange

Fisherman's Catch 

Address: 220 Ocean Road, South Shields, NE33 2JQ

Drop-in: 

  • Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 2pm to 6pm (Hot drinks for £1 and free soup)
  • Thursday night free food and music: 5pm to 8pm

Nearest metro: South Shields
Nearest bus: Ocean Road or South Shields Interchange

Grace Place

Address: 20, Denmark Centre, South Shields, NE33 2LR

Drop-in: 

  • Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 11am to 3pm

Nearest metro: South Shields
Nearest bus: South Shields Interchange

Grange Road Baptist Church

Address: Grange Road West, Jarrow, NE32 3JA

Drop-in: 

  • Monday: 1pm to 3pm
  • Friday: 10am to 12pm
  • Sunday: 1pm to 3pm

Nearest metro: Jarrow
Nearest bus: Jarrow Bus Station

Harton and Westoe Miners Welfare

Address: Low Lane, South Shields, NE34 0NA

Drop-in: 

  • Monday to Friday: 9:30am to 2:30pm

Nearest metro: Tyne Dock (not walking distance)
Nearest bus: Boldon Lane, South Shields

Hebburn Cemetery

Address: Victoria Road West, Hebburn, NE31 1UR

Drop-in: 

  • Monday to Friday: 10am to 3pm
  • Saturday and Sunday: 8am to 12.30pm

Nearest metro: Hebburn
Nearest bus: Victoria Road West

Hebburn Helps

Address: St John's Precinct, Shopping Centre, Hebburn, NE31 1LQ

Drop-in: 

  • Friday: 10am to 1pm

Nearest metro: Hebburn
Nearest bus: Station Road, Hebburn

Hedworthfield CA

Address: Cornhill, Jarrow, NE32 4QD

Drop-in:

  • Monday to Friday: 9am to 7pm
  • Saturday: 9am to 4pm
  • Sunday: 9am to 1pm

Nearest metro: Fellgate
Nearest bus: Durham Drive, Jarrow

Living Waters Church

Address: St. Jude's Terrace, Laygate, South Shields, NE33 5BP

Drop-in: 

  • Thursday: 12pm to 4pm

Nearest metro: Chichester
Nearest bus: Laygate Place or Laygate

Lucie's Laundry

Address: Dean Road, South Shields, NE33 5LP

Drop-in:

  • Tuesday to Thursday: 10am to 4pm

Nearest metro: Tyne Dock
Nearest bus: Dean Road / Marshall Wallis Road

Marsden Road Baptist Tabernacle

Address: Marsden Road, South Shields, NE34 6RQ

Drop-in:

  • Wednesday: 10am to 12pm

Nearest bus: Marsden Road, South Shields

Marsden Road Community Centre

Address: Marsden Road, South Shields, NE34 6RE

Drop-in: 

  • Monday, Tuesday, Thursdays and Friday: 12pm to 3.30pm

Nearest bus: Marsden Road / The Hill

NECA Gardens

Address: Brockley Avenue Allotments, South Shields, NE34 0TY (access via lane in-between houses 112 and 114)

Drop-in:

  • Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30pm (Offering gardening, woodwork, arts and crafts, volunteering opportunities, community events)

Nearest metro: Simonside
Nearest bus: Green Lane or John Reid Road

Ocean Road Community Association

Address: Ocean Road, South Shields, NE33 2DW

Drop-in:

  • Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm (Affordable meals and snacks available)

Nearest metro: South Shields
Nearest bus: Ocean Road or South Shields Interchange

Perth Green CA

Address: Inverness Road, Jarrow, NE32 4AQ

Drop-in:

  • Monday to Friday: 12noon to 8pm
  • Saturday: 9am to 5pm
  • Sunday: 10am to 2pm

Activities / Services: 

  • Board games
  • Refreshments

Please contact the centre on 0191 489 3743 for the latest range of activities on offer.

Nearest metro: Brockley Whins
Nearest bus: Perth Avenue

Primrose Community Centre

Address: Lambton Terrace, Jarrow, NE32 5QY

Drop-in:

  • Monday to Friday: 9am to 8pm 
    Saturday: 9am to 5.30pm

Nearest metro: Jarrow (not walking distance)
Nearest bus: Primrose Terrace or Valley View, Jarrow

Radio Shields

Address: Radio Shields, 59 Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 4LU

Drop-in:

  • Tuesday and Thursday, 10am to 2pm

Access to:

  • Tea
  • Coffee
  • Hot Chocolate
  • Wifi
  • Volunteers for a friendly chat
  • Feel good music

Nearest metro: South Shields Metro Station
Nearest bus: South Shields interchange

South Shields Football Club

Address: Alum House Bar, 1st Cloud Arena, Shaftesbury Avenue, South Shields, NE32 3UP

Drop-in:

  • Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm

Nearest metro: Bede
Nearest bus: N/A

South Shields Museum

Address: Ocean Road, South Shields, NE33 2JA

Drop-in:

  • Monday to Friday: 10am to 5pm
  • Saturday: 11am to 4pm

St. John's Hebburn

Address: Canning Street, Hebburn, NE31 2UP

Drop-in: 

  • Tuesday: 10.30am to 12.30pm
  • Thursday: 1pm to 3pm (during term time)

Nearest metro: Hebburn
Nearest bus: Canning Street

St John's the Baptist

Address: 25 Nairn Street, Jarrow, NE32 4HX

Drop-in:

  • Thursday: 11am to 1pm (Free warm food and drink)

Nearest metro: Brockley Whins
Nearest bus: South Leam or Inverness Road

St Jude's Church

Address: Alice Street, Laygate, South Shields, NE33 5PB

Drop-in:

  • Wednesday (pm)

Nearest metro: Chichester

St Luke's Church

Address: Burns Head Road, Hebburn, NE31 2TD

Drop-in: 

  • Monday: 7pm to 8pm
  • Friday: 2pm to 4pm
  • Sunday: 10.45am to 12pm
  • Every third Saturday morning: 10am to 12pm

Nearest metro: Hebburn South
Nearest bus: Burns Head Road / Queens Crescent 

St Margaret's URC

Address: Prince Edward Road, South Shields, NE34 7ND

Drop-in: 

  • Thursday 10.30am to 12pm

Nearest bus: Prince Edward Road, South Shields

St Mark and Cuthbert Church

Address: Quarry Lane, South Shields, NE34 7NP

Drop-in: 

  • Wednesday (pm)

Nearest bus: Quarry Lane or Nook shopping

St Paul's Church

Address: Church Bank, Jarrow, NE32 3DZ

Drop in:

  • Monday, Wednesday and Saturday - 11am to 3pm (Free warm food and drink)

Nearest metro: Bede (not walking distance)
Nearest bus: Church bank, Jarrow

St. Peter's Church

Address: 25 York Avenue, Jarrow, NE32 5LP

Drop-in:

  • Tuesday: 11am to 1pm (Free warm food and drink)

Nearest metro: Fellgate (not walking distance)
Nearest bus: York Avenue, Penshaw View

St. Simon's Church

Address: Wenlock Road, South Shields, NE34 9BP

Drop-in:

  • Wednesday: 11am to 1pm 
    • Free warm food and drink
    • Free activities in the school holidays

Nearest metro: Simonside
Nearest bus: Wenlock Road

St. Stephen's Church

Address: Mile End Road, South Shields, NE33 3DW

Drop-in:

  • Saturday coffee morning, 10am to 11.30am

Nearest metro: South Shields
Nearest bus: South Shields Interchange

The Customs House

Address: Mill Dam, South Shields, NE33 1ES

Drop-in:

  • Wednesday: 2pm to 4pm

West Harton Methodist Church

Address: 39 Boldon Lane, South Shields, NE34 0NE

Drop-in:

  • Tuesday: 10.30am and 2pm

Nearest metro: Tyne Dock
Nearest bus: Boldon Lane, South Shields

Café Westoe

Address: 42 - 44 Dean Road, Westoe, South Shields, NE33 4DZ

Drop-in: 

  • Wednesday, 12pm to 2pm (free soup and bun is available)

Nearest metro: Chichester
Nearest bus: Dean Road / Sunderland Road

WHiST

Address: 33 Mile End Road, South Shields, NE33 1TA

Drop-in and activities (Women only):

  • Monday to Thursday: 10am to 2pm

Nearest metro: South Shields  
Nearest bus: South Shields Interchange, Ocean Road

Whitburn Community Library

Address: Hedworth Terrace, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7EN

Drop-in: 

  • Monday to Wednesday: 9.30am to 12.30pm / 1.30pm to 4.30pm
  • Thursday: 9.30am to 12.30pm / 1.30pm to 6pm
  • Saturday: 9.30am to 12pm

Nearest metro: East Boldon
Nearest bus: Front Street / East Street

Â鶹ÊÓƵ have several libraries across the Borough offering welcoming places for anyone needing a place to spend some time. See Council spaces.

South Tyneside Family Hub's are also offering a welcoming place. See Children's centres.