What's on

Join us to meet author Bridget Hamilton and creative writing session

Come and code the digital version of a nature spinner! For ages 7 - 12 years.

Build and Colour in your own adorable paper birdhouse or pick one that is already designed. Just add your finishing touches. Suitable for families. Free. Pre-booking essential.

Let your little adventurer design and create their own Wayfinder necklace using air dry clay and beads. For ages 5+

Create a winning look! Use Canva to personalise a design to be heat transferred onto a pair of socks.

Join Michael Turner and Archive staff on a walk exploring the twelve historic structures of the park (opened 1876). Then return to the Archive to delve into our historic material relating to the park.

If your child is starting school or nursery in September, we have a special starting school storytime with stories about some of your favourite character's very important day.

Build and decorate an insect feeder for the garden with Groundworks. Ages 5+

Choose from our images, create a collage and heat transfer onto a ceramic moneybox. For ages 6+

Get creative and choose from lots of designs and colours to personalise a bucket hat or baseball cap and stand out from the crowd.

Come along to find out all about book butterflies. For ages 5-7 years.

Join us for a high energy family friendly library maker games day filled with creative challenges and hands on fun! For families and ages 4+

Are you aged 10 - 14 years old and like being creative or you'd like to learn new skills? This workshop is for 10 - 14 years.

Drop-in for sports chat and a cuppa as we catch up on the latest in the world of sport. Adults only. Free. Just turn up.

Get creative and learn the basics of Inkscape to create a digital design which will be laser engraved onto a patch of pre-loved denim.

Create personalised designs using napkins and jars or airdried discs. For 11 - 16 years. Free - Just turn up

Don't throw it away, find out how to turn an old t-shirt into a tote bag with the environmental charity Groundwork NE & Cumbria. If you have any old T-shirts, please bring them along. For ages 5+. Free - Pre-booking essential

Let your imagination run wild and make a robot with materials from our maker box. Why not add an LED eye with a simple circuit too? Suitable for families.

Join Dave Griffith's as he gives his fascinating illustrated talk about how people lived and worked in our mining communities. Refreshments available after the talk with Birtley Heritage Group. Adults only. £3 - pay cash at venue - Just turn up.

Decorate a tiny trinket bowl. Adults only.

Personalise a travel mug with your own design using Canva and heat transfer.

Join our relaxed weekly social group for adults who love good company, gentle challenges, and a warm cup of coffee. We meet to play classic board games, tackle crosswords together, share a laugh, and enjoy a friendly, informal atmosphere.

Join artist Paul Merrick for this fun drawing workshop This workshop is for Adults only

Create an autumnal garland by decorating wooden toadstools and embossing metal leaves. Adults only.

Come and chat to our friendly staff about your reading interests and favourite books.

Create a super sunflower with embroidery thread on a notebook. Keep for yourself or give as a gift! Adults only. £3.Pre-booking essential.

Personalise a design with Cricut Design Space then decorate a tote bag with colourful vinyl's and heat transfer.

Join Gateshead Archive staff for a sociable heritage walk around the local area.

The theme of our stories will be mini bugs, and we will have fun following the Beebots! Suitable for families. Free- Just turn up.

Learn the basics of the design programme Inkscape and engrave a cork notebook using images and text.