A Workshop Built on Community
53 Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland. A space where jewellery craft meets social purpose — open to beginners, creatives, young people, and all who want to work with their hands and make something beautiful.
Craft Classes for All
Half-day silver ring sessions to full-day gemmology workshops — our course programme is designed for everyone. No experience required. All tools, materials, and equipment provided.
Professional Goldsmith Services
Our resident goldsmith offers professional repairs, resizing, and remodelling. Bring us your worn or damaged pieces and we will transform them with skill and care.
Skills, Training & Inclusion
We use the jewellery trade as a vehicle for skills development, youth engagement, and community inclusion — creating pathways into craft for people who might not otherwise encounter them.
Our Community & Industry Partners
Our Community & Industry Partners
The PeaceGold Community Workshop exists thanks to the generous support of organisations that share our commitment to peacebuilding, heritage, and the future of the jewellery trade. From the restoration of our Bishop Auckland home to the tools on our benches, their investment directly supports the next generation of makers.
Grant Funding & Restoration Partners
These organisations have provided the vital funding required to renovate our space and launch our educational programmes.
The Goldsmith’s Centre
We are proud to be supported by the Goldsmiths’ Centre. Their investment helps us preserve traditional skills and provide a high-quality learning environment for our community.
SHED (Bishop Auckland)
A vital local partner, SHED has provided a generous grant to support our education programme. This investment ensures our artisanal heritage is accessible to the next generation of makers right here in Bishop Auckland.
Durham County Council
Supported by a grant from Durham County Council to assist in the restoration and repurposing of an abandoned bookshop into a vibrant community asset.
Industry & Equipment Partners
The tools and equipment at our benches have been generously donated by leaders in the British jewellery industry.
Hockley Mint
A major contributor of professional tools and workshop equipment, ensuring our students learn on industry-standard machinery.
Cooksongold
Providing essential tools and supplies to support our daily workshop operations.
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Skills. Confidence.. Futures.
JEWELLERY AS A VEHICLE FOR CHANGE
Craft has the power to transform lives. The jewellery trade is one of the oldest, most creative industries in the world — and it has historically been inaccessible to many. We are changing that.
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Real Transferable Skills
Silversmithing, metalwork, gem-setting, and design — in a professional studio with qualified tutors.
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Youth & Young Adult Engagement
Structured programmes for young people including those who are NEET or at risk of disengagement.
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Inclusion & Accessibility
We work with schools, youth organisations, charities, and local authorities across the North East.
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Building Confidence & Aspiration
Making something real and beautiful with your own hands is profoundly empowering.
The Peacegold Congo Story
PeaceGold is a ground-breaking approach to peacebuilding through the development of legal gold mining cooperatives and the sale of ethical gold to fund community development and peacebuilding initiatives. Our dream is to see the story of conflict gold in eastern Congo transformed into a story of peace and prosperity for the local communities.
OUR HOME
Bishop Auckland has a proud industrial heritage and a community that deserves world-class creative and cultural facilities. PeaceGold Jewellery Community Workshop is proud to be part of the town's future.