Bridge Creative

Events

In-Work Support

From expert event staffing to flawless access management and bespoke design & build services, we bring your vision to life - with inclusion at its heart. Our team ensures that every guest, no matter their needs, experiences your event to the fullest.

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In-Work Support

Our In-Work Support service offers 1-1 support, training and advice to help you succeed in the workplace. Contact inworksupport@bridgecreative.org for more info.

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Work Experience

In-Work Support

Keeping People Connected

Join our Creative Placements project and gain real work experience to add to your CV! Learn new skills in woodwork, art, design, event management and more.

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Keeping People Connected

Supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults across County Durham to keep safe, well and connected. Find out how we can support you here.

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Bridge Academy

Keeping People Connected

Bridge Academy

Training and education that enables you to thrive - we're talking small class sizes, nurturing support and accessible resources you can understand. Delivering vocational qualifications, supported internships and inclusive apprenticeships.

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Training

Keeping People Connected

Bridge Academy

Find out about our training courses including Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, and Inclusive Employment training - all co-designed and delivered by our Expert Trainers. Find out more here.

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Projects

Business Support

Find out more about the different projects we deliver, from Volunteering to Travel with Confidence, our community Lunch Club and more.

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Business Support

Ever dreamed of being your own boss? Maybe you've struggled to find a job? We can work with you to turn your passion or hobby into a business through our E&O Project.

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The COSE

Business Support

MADEby Bridge Creative

Pronounced 'co-zee', The COSE (Centre Of Social Enterprise) is our head office in Bishop Auckland - a vibrant enterprise hub with a kitchen and spaces for meetings, training and co-working including sound-proof pods.

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MADEby Bridge Creative

Good Life Collaborative

MADEby Bridge Creative

See what the guys on our Creative Placements project have been making at the Workshop - bespoke large scale art installations and furniture for events, weddings and the home.

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London

Good Life Collaborative

Join our Events Team in London, working across London and the South of England providing inclusive staffing support to events and festivals. Check out our vacancies here.

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Good Life Collaborative

We're proud to be part of the Good Life Collaborative - a collective of voluntary sector organisations covering the whole of the North East, improving the lives of people with a learning disability. Check out the Good Life Collaborative website here.

About Us

Bridge Creative is an award-winning social enterprise that supports autistic adults and adults with a learning disability into meaningful employment. We aim to create jobs within the events, arts and creative industries, but support people in lots of different workplaces too.

We raise the aspirations of people we work with, supporting people to dream big and lead the best life possible. We do this by working with people to build confidence, independence, improve their health and wellbeing, make friends, learn new skills, gain real work experience and move into paid employment.

Only 29% of autistic adults and less than 5% of adults with a learning disability are in any form of paid employment, yet many more want to work.

We believe with the right support, people can have equal access to employment and reach their potential.

Read about how Bridge Creative started, our vision, mission and values here.

Our Team

Our team of Support Mentors and In-Work Supporters are committed to working with people to reach their potential! More than half of our team are neurodivergent or have a learning disability, which has helped us achieve some fantastic outcomes for the people we support.

Founding Director, Ben has worked with adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults for over 13 years, and previously managed a music festival!

Our Directors each have lived experience of the issues Bridge Creative works to improve, from living with a learning disability, to experience of long-term youth unemployment.

Meet the rest of our team here.

Our Impact

Since our launch in 2018, we've worked with over 300 autistic adults and adults with a learning disability, many of whom are now in paid employment whilst others have achieved incredible personal goals and are leading more fulfilling lives.

In 2024 we worked with over 40 different events and festivals across the UK from We Out Here in Dorset, to Belladrum Festival in the Scottish Highlands, delivering over 10,000 hours of supported employment.

Events we organise in County Durham create work experience and paid jobs for over 20 local adults, and attract over 70,000 visitors to County Durham each year.

Our Keeping People Connected service has made a life-changing difference to the people we support. One of our proudest moments was seeing someone signed off from their specialist mental health team as no longer needing support - after 25 years!

We’ve helped people take big steps toward independence, including moving into their own homes and building the confidence to live independently. Most importantly, our team has built a level of trust where people feel safe opening up. This has led to life-saving interventions, as people have disclosed when they were in danger, allowing us to step in and get them the urgent help they needed.

Our work has been recognised nationally, as 1 of 3 shortlisted organisations for Best Small Supported Employment team in the UK at the BASE Awards, winner of the Access All Areas Inclusion and Diversity Award, winner of Public Service Award at the County Durham Together Awards, and shortlisted for the prestigious Nordoff and Robbins Music and Culture for Wellbeing Award at the Northern Music Awards.