Vision, mission & values

Vision

We live to create rich, welcoming and nurturing cultural environments in which artists and communities come together to inspire people and change lives.

Mission

Our mission is to change people’s lives, through increased engagement in the arts, with a particular focus on dance.

We recognise the long-term nature of this mission and have identified three key strands of activity that will help us to deliver it over time:

·       Becoming a leading dance organisation in Gateshead and the North East providing educational, community, and professional opportunities to engage in dance and cultural creativity.

·       Making regional, national, and international excellence local.

·       Developing Gateway Studio and the Trinity Centre into a vibrant, lively centre for dance and related arts that celebrates the unique heritage of our prime location on Gateshead High Street.

Values

In delivering our mission, we ensure that all of our activities are imbued with the following core values, which capture the spirit of Gateway and guide everything we do:

Professional Accessible

Fun Sustainable

Courageous Collaborative

Envisioned Ethical

Inspiring Actively anti-racist

Creative Genuine / Authentic

Challenging Emotionally intelligent

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