FUNdraising Events at the TORCH Centre
Throughout 2024 there will be a series of fundraising events at the TORCH Centre. All of them are open to anyone who wants to come. The money raised will mostly go towards funding the charitasble work of the Centre but sdometimes it will be shared with other local charities. For most of them, our well-stocked bar will be open. For details go to fundraising events.

Our Facilities
We have two meeting-halls, a lounge and bar, a snooker-room and a well-equipped kitchen and serving-area. Every part of the building is acessible to wheel-chair users. For more pictures go to photos.

Main Hall

This is 50 feet long and 28 feet wide. It has a good-quality wooden floor and a high sloping ceiling. It is equipped with safety curtains so that it can be used for archery. There is a large serving-hatch from the kitchen area and a sliding partition, so that it can be joined with the lounge and bar. It is well lit, with windows looking over the Tyndale countryside, and excellent quality ceiling lights. Regular users include, among others, Yoga, Pilates and jive groups. It is also the venue for the Hexham Presbyterian Church's Sunday services. This room is a popular venue for parties and receptions, including children’s parties, being large enough to accommodate a bouncy-castle, which you can hire from us.

Small Hall
This room is 24 feet long and 20 feet wide. It is carpeted throughout. With large windows and facing south, it is a quiet, sunny room. It is an ideal venue for smaller groups and seminars, and for exhibitions. It is equipped with a 49” monitor for showing DVDs and PowerPoint presentations and an interactive whiteboard. Regular users include a watercolour class and meetings for meditation and therapy training, as well as occasional committees and training seminars.

Lounge and Bar
The Lounge is warm and comfortable, and can seat up to 25 people. It opens directly into the Main Hall through a wide entrance with a sliding screen. The bar serves a range of alcoholic and soft drinks and other light refreshments. There is a large television here. Use of this area, when the bar is open (on Wednesday and Saturday evenings), is limited to members and their guests. People attending one-off parties in the Main Hall are deemed to be members for the duration of their booking.

Kitchen and Serving Area
The kitchen is equipped with an electric range-cooker, a fridge and a dishwasher. It opens onto the serving area with a large hatch into the Main Hall. This makes the TORCH Centre an ideal venue for parties where refreshments and meals are provided.

Snooker Room
There is also a full-size snooker table in its own room. It has been adapted for wheel-chair users.

Additional Equipment
We have a large number of folding tables of different sizes and plenty of chairs, both upholstered and hard. There is a pool table and a table-tennis table, both of which can be used in either hall; and, for children's parties, a bouncy castle. For regular users, we can provide storage.

Access
The TORCH Centre has its own car-park with up to 14 spaces including three disabled bays. The bus-station is immediately next to the TORCH Centre, so, if you come into Hexham by bus, it couldn't be easier. Also, there are 50 public car parking spaces next to the bus station, which greatly eases parking for TORCH centre users. These are free for people with a parking disc (£1.00, available from the TORCH Centre) and is limited to three hours, 8.00am to 6.00pm, after which parking is free and unlimited.

Calendar
The Calendar is kept up-to-date on a monthly basis. But we are constantly getting new booking requests and sometimes there are cancellations, especially over holiday periods, so it is worth contacting us to see if the time and date you want is free. We cannot guarantee that the Calendar is always 100% correct. We will always do our best to accommodate new users. For regular availabilty go to Centre Availability

Other Information
For general information about our availability and charges, follow the links. For more detailed information about availability, go to the Calendar. You may be able to find a space that would suit you, so it is worth having a look there. But remember that we may have cancellations or additional bookings that are not yet on the Calendar.

If you want to make a booking, contact us to obtain a booking form.

If you are interested in joining one of the regular groups that use the Centre, go to Regular Users for details of who they are and when they meet. You will find contact details for many of them by clicking on Some of our Users.

Contact Details
The office is normally open 0830-1230 on Mondays and 0830-0930 on Fridays. Voice-mail messages (01434 606672) and e-mails (hexhamtorch@btconnect.com) will be dealt with as soon as possible after they have been left (usually before the end of the next working day). When the office is closed the crateker can deal with most queries if he is in the building.

The TORCH Centre is managed by the TORCH Association, a registered charity (number 515527).

TORCH CENTRE AVAILABILITY

If you want to make a booking, it's worth looking at the calendar first. It is usually updated once a month so, if you think you've found a space, check with us before going any further.

We have the following spaces regularly available in the Main Hall:
Mondays: All day except 9.00 to 11.00am
Tuesdays: 11.00am to 6.00pm
Wednesdays: 8.30 to 11.00am and 12.00 to 6.00pm
Thursdays: 2.15 to 10.30pm
Fridays: 12.15 to 5.15pm
Saturdays: All day except 2nd of the month - 1.00 to 4.00pm
Sundays: 6.30 to 10.30pm

The Main Hall can be booked until times after 10.30pm

The Small Hall is less used and is regularly available all day on Mondays and Tuesdays and Saturdays. It is available 3.00 to 6.00pm on Wednesdays. It is usually in use all day on Thursdays and is avalable until 5.30pm on Fridays.

We give generous discounts to disabled groups. If you want to start a new regular non-disabled event, we offer dreduced rates for the first three months to help you get started. E-mail hexhamtorch@btconnect.com or phone 01434 606672 and leave a message to find out more. We will get back to you as soon as we can.

To see pictures go to photos.

To check availability go to our calendar.  

If you want to make a booking, contact us to obtain a booking form.