Insulate Sherborne is supporting the Warm Spaces initiative by building a Warm Bank in the town. We are working with the Town Council to identify safe and welcoming, places in and around Sherborne that are free to access for anyone needing help to stay warm this winter.
If you can help support the Sherborne Warm Bank initiative in any way, or know of someone who is able to help, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Please email: Insulate Sherborne at info@insulatesherborne.org.uk or Sherborne Town Council at Vaughan.Coleridge-Matthews@sherborne-tc.gov.uk
Winter is fast approaching and keeping warm will soon become a priority for many of our friends and neighbours.
Sherborne Town Council has published the following list of warm spaces in town:
St Paul’s Church – St Paul’s Warm Welcome
2-5pm Tuesday & Friday (starting 6th Dec)
Come and join us for coffee and conversation, share a skill or just read a book.
Refreshments provided, All Welcome.
St Paul’s Close, Sherborne DT9 4DU, 01935 816444
www.spcs.church/contact/
Sherborne Library
Monday afternoons 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Cuppa and Company – drop in for a warm welcome and a free cuppa.
Hound St, Sherborne DT9 3AA, 01935 812683
www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/-/sherborne-library
Cheap Street Church
Thursday afternoons 12pm – 3pm
With support from the Food Bank – hot food and drinks available.
54 Cheap St, Sherborne DT9 3BJ, 0749675554
www.cheapstreetchurch.co.uk/the-pod.php
Reborn Church West End Café
Coffee Stop café @ West End Community Hall
Thursday 10.30am-12.30pm.
Littlefield, Sherborne DT9 6AU, 01935 508014
www.rebornechurch.org
An important note: To keep other users as safe as is possible, please do not attend these sessions if you have, or suspect you
are brewing, an infectious illness such as flu or Covid.
And if you’re an organisation thinking about setting up a Warm Space, you may want to to read ‘A Warm Welcome – setting up a Warm Space in your community’ – published by CILIP (the library and information service).
These guidelines stemmed from a tweet in early September 2022 by Martin Lewis, the Money Saving Expert, asking if there were any UK charities who could come forward and write a best practice guidance document for setting up warm spaces in the community.
Public libraries were invited to submit their best practice guidance from advice on issues such as safeguarding and accessibility, to the practicalities of health and safety, accessibility and risk assessments – but at all times remembering that these spaces should be welcoming, warm and safe.
‘A Warm Welcome’ is the result, compiled by CILIP using their links to public libraries to share best practice ideas on how to support and welcome communities this coming winter.
