Warm Welcome is available from 2nd October 2023
Yate Town Council is pleased to announce the second year of Warm Welcome. This initiative was designed to offer warm and welcoming places for people to drop-in and use throughout the colder, winter months.
Completely free of charge, the service aims to support those in the community who are adversely impacted by the cost-of-living increases, in particular, rising energy costs.
Warm Welcome has been made possible through generous donations and funding from the Town Council’s Yate Ageing Better Health and Wellbeing initiative and community partnerships with organisations such as The Oasis at Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church (CSBC), and Yate Library.
Community Driven
Yate Town Council Community Projects Team, have been working with the community to identify possible venues across Yate and the surrounding parishes, that could offer facilities and activities to Warm Welcome. If you are a community group or business, that has a space or activity you can offer to the public, free of charge or, if you can offer funding or resources such as refreshments, games, books, newspapers and magazines, please contact the Town Council.
Warm Welcome Venue Timetable
| WHEN | WHERE | TIMES |
| MONDAY | Armadillo Youth Café Poole Court Pop Inn Café (over 50’s) Yate Library The Oasis at CSBC St Marys Yate (Under 5yrs/Term time only) St Nix Abbotswood | 10am – 12 noon 1pm – 5pm 10am – 2.30pm 10am – 5.30pm 10am – 2pm 2pm – 3pm 12 noon – 2pm |
| TUESDAY | Yate Heritage Centre Pop Inn Café (over 50’s) Yate Library The Oasis at CSBC St Marys Yate (Second Tuesday of Month) | 10am – 4pm 10am – 2.30pm 10am – 5.30pm 10am – 2pm 11am – 1pm |
| WEDNESDAY | Yate Heritage Centre Pop Inn Café (over 50’s) The Oasis at CSBC The Candle St Marys Yate St James | 10am – 4pm 10am – 2.30pm 10am – 2pm 1pm – 3pm 10am – 11am 10am – 11am |
| THURSDAY | Yate Heritage Centre Poole Court Armadillo Youth Centre Yate Library Pop Inn Café (over 50’s) The Oasis at CSBC | 10am – 4pm 1pm – 5pm 9am – 3pm (senior cinema) 10am – 5.30pm 10am – 2.30pm 10am – 2pm |
| FRIDAY | Poole Court Yate Library The Oasis at CSBC Pop Inn Café (over 50’s) *12 noon on 1st Friday of the month | 9am – 4pm 10am – 5.30pm 10am – 2pm 10am – 1.30pm* |
| SATURDAY | Yate Heritage Centre Yate Library Armadillo Youth Centre | 10am – 3pm 9am – 2pm 10am – 1pm (Community Cinema) |
Warm Welcome Guide
Our BRAND-NEW edition of the Warm Welcome Guide is now available!
Useful Links and Other Services
- Renew wellbeing spaces (www.renewwellbeing.org.uk/our-centres) – places where it’s ok not to be ok.
- Community Welcome Spaces in South Gloucestershire https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/community-welcome-spaces – These warm spaces offer a friendly welcome and are free to use
- Welcoming Places Bristol (www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/people-and-communities/welcoming-spaces) – where people can meet up, socialise and access support related to the cost of living
- Public Living Room – Camerados (camerados.org/public-living-room) – Find a public living room near you
- Citizens Advice Bureau (www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/) – to make sure that you get all the help that you’re entitled to
- Cost of Living Support (www.gov.uk/cost-of-living) – support with income, childcare costs, bills, housing, travel costs and business costs
- Help for Households (www.helpforhouseholds.campaign.gov.uk) – If you claim certain benefits or tax credits, you may be eligible for an extra payment to help with the cost of living.
- The Samaritans (www.samaritans.org)
- MIND (www.mind.org.uk)
- Young Minds (www.youngminds.org.uk)