Face coverings in Council buildings

Overview

We ask that you continue to wear face coverings in Council buildings. 

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.