A number of Warm and Welcome Spaces have been created across Richmondshire to help vulnerable and elderly people through the cost of living crisis.

Each one provides a warm space where anyone who is cold can go to stay warm, socialise and enjoy some additional activities and hot refreshments.

The scheme has been set up in response to the current cost-of-living crisis to support community organisations to open a network of warm, safe and welcoming spaces to help people struggling with the cost of living, especially residents worried about the cost of heating their homes during the winter months.

Click here to see the Directory of Warm Spaces as published by the Council in January 2023.