Face coverings in Council buildings
From Saturday 8 August 2020, face coverings must be worn in Council buildings.
There are exemptions for age, health or disability reasons.
For the full government guidance and information about who is exempt, see government guidance on face coverings.
Council buildings
We ask that you wear a face covering when entering:
- Customer service centres
- Offices
- Libraries
- Leisure centres (can be removed when exercising)
- Children's centres
- Cemeteries and crematorium buildings
- Business centres
This includes:
- South Shields Town Hall
- Jarrow Town Hall
- Hawthorne Council offices
- Middlefields Council offices
- MarketPlace Council offices
- Barrington Street Council offices
- South Tyneside Alliance offices
- Register Office
- Living Better Lives Resource Centre
- Hebburn Central
- Jarrow Focus
- Haven Point
- Monkton Stadium
- Jarrow Community Pool
- Temple Park Centre
- Mid Tyne Activity Centre, Jarrow
- Gypsies Green
- Water Activities Centre
- Simonside Youth Centre
- The Word
- Hebburn Central Library
- Jarrow Focus Library
- Cleadon Park library
- Boldon Children's Centre
- Hebburn Early Excellence Centre
- Bede Children's Centre
- Jarrow Children's Centre
- Primrose Children's Centre
- All Saints Children's Centre
- Biddick Hall and Whiteleas Children's Centre
- Horsley Hill Children's Centre
- Marine Park Children's Centre
- Ridgeway Children's Centre
- Riverside Children's Centre
- Laygate Family Centre
- Whiteleas Way Children's Home
- Henderson Road Children's Home
- Boldon Village Hall Community Association
- South Shields Crematorium
- Jarrow Cemetery
- Harton Cemetery
- Boldon Cemetery
- Hebburn Cemetery
- Westoe Cemetery
- Whitburn Cemetery
- One Trinity Green Business Centre
- Quadrus Business Centre
- Jarrow Business Centre
- South Shields Business Centre
Staff working in Council buildings
Staff working in Council buildings are exempt from wearing a face covering, as workplace health and safety assessments have been carried out and they are working in COVID-secure environments.
NHS test and trace
If you visit a Council building we may ask for your name and contact number for NHS test and trace.