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Learn & Create with Culture House Sunderland

Explore free activity spaces and ways to get creative for all ages at Culture House Sunderland.

Children & Families

Discover a whole range of ways to play and create from daily drop in screenings to experimenting with new art materials.

First Friends Social

The Den
All day

A welcoming space for young children and their grown ups to play, explore and connect. With a range of activities to enjoy together, it’s a chance to make new friends, share experiences and support early development through play.

A child with short brown hair and a green sweatshirt cutting a piece of paper with scissors.

Making Marks

The Den
All day

A creative space for children and families to explore and experiment with mark making. With a changing mix of tools and materials, and creative challenges to discover, every visit offers new opportunities to imagine, play and create.

A green felt computer generated duck like creature bobs out of a green lake

Teeny Screenings

The Exchange
11am – 12pm

A changing selection of short films and animations for little ones. Families are welcome to drop in and enjoy some fun films in a relaxed and inclusive environment.

Young People

Whether you’re looking to lock-in or kick-back, discover relaxed spaces perfect for studying and gaming.

A group of teens wearing headsets playing video games

Play & Pause

The Domain & Level 2 Living Room
Sundays | 12pm – 6pm

Press pause and join us for an afternoon of games and good company. Whether you’re into video games, board games or card games, you’re welcome to play with your family, friends, new friends, or enjoy some time for yourself.

A young women with long curly hair. She is wearing glasses, a red neckerchief and a green top. She has two green bird clips in her hair. She is writing on a perspex surface with a marker pen

After School Hub

The Domain
Monday – Friday | 3pm – 6pm

Homework, revision or independent study. The After School Hub is a space for young people to learn, research and work on projects, with access to books, technology and support from the Culture House team.

Adults

Make time for mindful moments or meet new people with spaces for activities, reading and screenings.

Two hands hold playing cards. On the table in front of the cards is a selection of games as well as two plastic cups partly filled with a drink.

The Open Table

Level 2 Living Room
Monday – Sunday | 2pm – 6pm

A free and friendly space to unwind. Whether you would love to play a board game, relax with some mindful colouring, find a cosy reading spot or simply fancy a chat with some new people.

A wide-angle view of a modern, open indoor event space or auditorium featuring stepped tiered seating. Light green/blue modular tiered bench seating lines the dark teal wall on the left, while white tiered steps run along the right side of the open carpeted room. At the far end, a low platform stage rests in front of floor-to-ceiling glass windows that look out onto a busy outdoor pedestrian street with shops, marquees, and people.

British Pathé Newsreels

The Exchange
12pm – 1pm

Take a step back in time with these specially curated selections from the Pathé news archives.

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