St Mary's Centre

The St Mary’s Centre is owned and managed by the Parochial Church Council of St. Mary's Church, which is a registered charity, and consists of a large and a small hall, kitchen facilities and several smaller meeting rooms and is used seven days a week by over thirty community groups on a weekly or monthly basis covering ages 0 to 90 years. Approximate usage over the year is over 24,000 people and is used by children, the elderly and disabled, as well as able bodied.

The St Mary’s Centre is used by a large number of groups, for a range of uses, including coffee mornings, theatrical performances (including youth theatre), Beavers, Cubs & Scout meetings, dancing classes, Day Care Centre providing lunch and entertainment for twenty elderly people who are housebound or living in sheltered accommodation,  Childminders’ and Carers' weekly meetings, Gateshead Council flower shows, regular blood donor sessions, Taekwondo, Slimming World, indoor bowls, bridge and whist.

The premises are also regularly used for church, community and private functions such as children’s parties, wedding receptions, school discos, lunches, meetings, ceildahs, suppers and so on.

    St. MARY'S CENTRE

Church Chare, Whickham,

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