A local network of community organisations, churches, libraries and other groups are welcoming people through their doors this winter to be social and keep warm.
Community venues, churches and local libraries are friendly, safe and inclusive places, offering not just warmth but a place to enjoy the company of others, and maybe a hot drink. Venues across the Harrogate district are being added to our HADCA Where To Turn Community Information Directory, searchable under the theme ‘Warm Space’.
All venues in North Yorkshire offering a warm space are being encouraged to add their venue to the national Warm Welcome website.
- Harrogate - local churches are providing a free, warm and welcoming space available to anyone. You can find venues here with information being updated regularly.
- Ripon - Cathedral Community Connections and Ripon Community House have compiled a list of places which offer a Warm Welcome in the city.
- Knaresborough - Knaresborough Connectors have a Warm and Welcome webpage which will list 'public living rooms' which are warm welcoming places in the town.
- Nidderdale - Warm Spaces in the Nidderdale and Washburn area listed on the Nidderdale Plus website
Martin Lewis, Money Saving Expert, with CILIP, has produced a helpful guide with a few things to think about for anyone setting up a 'warm space' in their community.
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