With the cost of living crisis, many of us are facing tough decisions. Some of us have moved to working from home following the pandemic and are facing a winter with increased energy bills. Others are facing even harder decisions about whether to heat or eat.

If you're in that position, a list of warm spaces which have been set up around Street and Glastonbury has been published to help people deal with rising energy bills this winter.

People who are working from home, parents with young children, disabled people and older people are particularly affected but many of the warm spaces are open to all.

Warm spaces are initiatives set up to create places within the local community where people can come together, socialise, stay warm and in some cases have hot refreshments during the winter months. 

• Crispin Hall
• Crispin Community Centre
• Salvation Army
• SWCD Churches
• Street Library
• Strode College
• Millfield (Happy Healthy Holidays)
• Brookside Academy Forest School (Wilderness Warriors)
• Red Brick Building
• Houndwood Community Group
• Victoria Club
• Strode Theatre hosts Warm Places
• St John's Church, Glastonbury - Talking Cafe
• St Benedict's Church, Glastonbury - Warm Spaces and community lunch

If you are a local business looking to set up a warm space, visit this sign-up page to add your space to the directory. The space must be a publically accessible location (not a private home). It could be a coffee shop, an unfilled spot in a co-working space, a pub or your weekly community centre drop-in session.

The local authority may also have guidance on setting up a warm space.