Our Story

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Our vision is to champion the potential in people and in creativity. You don't have to be artistic to be creative, creativity can come in many different forms. We're all about thinking creatively and being innovative to achieve our aims.

Our mission is to create opportunities that remove barriers to employment for young adults with learning disabilities, encourage creativity and social responsibility, add value to the community and champion people’s potential.

We also aim to support events and festivals to improve their social responsibility by providing more opportunities for adults with learning disabilities and autism.

Creativity – A creative mind is a healthy mind, we promote imagination, creativity and innovation.

Respect – Respecting our team, communities and stakeholders with good moral principles. Respecting the environment because we can’t do much if we haven’t a planet to do it on.

Equal – A value so important to us that it empowers everything we do at Bridge Creative. Everyone should be treated fairly and have equal access to opportunities.

Adventurous – Having a fun, optimistic outlook, exploring bold new ideas and experiences.

Team – Collaboration is the key to success. Our directors, staff, volunteers, Creatives, our community and everyone involved in Bridge Creative work together to make a difference.

Innovative – Original, fresh ideas and approaches. Using new knowledge and skills alongside our core values in order to grow and help beat the stigma, celebrating peoples’ qualities and achievements.

Vision – Having a clear vision of the needs of our communities and a vision of the future.

Empowering – Being passionate about inspiring positive change and encouraging people to reach their potential.

We are currently recruiting for a Creative Support Coordinator.

We are looking for a Creative Support Coordinator to join our team at Bridge Creative to support our core projects and services. The role will involve working primarily on our Keeping People Connected service, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism to keep safe, well and connected during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Our Keeping People Connected service offers regular ongoing support to help people keep up to date with and understand the latest government guidance and offers a friendly voice to talk to about any worries people may have or if people simply want to chat. The service supports people by phone, email, text and social media and provides activity packs for people to do at home, as well as supporting people to access our closed Facebook group, offering a safe place for people to socialise and make friends online, including posting relevant content and facilitating group video calls.

The Creative Support Coordinator will support our other projects including Keeping People Creative, Keeping People Active and work closely with our small team. Over the coming months we aim to resume our Creative Placements project, supporting young adults with learning disabilities and autism in training, work experience and employment opportunities in the events, arts and creative industries. The post holder will understand the barriers to employment young people with learning disabilities face and support people to build confidence, learn new skills and prepare for work.

The role will consist of some working from home and some work from venues in Bishop Auckland. The successful candidate will need to be able to travel to Bishop Auckland.

Please see the Job Description document in the Downloads section below. Email us at bridgecreative@outlook.com for an Application Pack. Closing date for applications is 11am on Monday 21st September. Interviews will be held on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th September.