# COUNTY DURHAM ARTS IN EDUCATION AGENCY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1086471
- **Other names:** THE FORGE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04027621](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04027621)
- **Registered:** May 3, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1086471


## Contact

- **Address:** STANLEY EDUCATION CENTRE, STANLEY
- **Postcode:** DH9 0HQ
- **Phone:** 01207 284515
- **Email:** enquiries@intheforge.com
- **Website:** www.intheforge.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS IN EDUCATION

**Activities:** County Durham Arts in Education was established in 2001. It trades under the name of The Forge and provides an arts in education service to young people principally in County Durham and the wider region.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Geography

- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- Redcar And Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-tees
- Sunderland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **MICHAEL GILBEY** | Chair | Sept. 17, 2013 |
| Alison Nicholson |  | Feb. 5, 2024 |
| Dr Judy Ann Thomas |  | Jan. 1, 2024 |
| Gillian Elizabeth Callaghan |  | Oct. 31, 2019 |




