WITH the cold weather and energy bill price hikes really starting to bite, a network of warm spaces has been set up across the Dudley borough to help people struggling to heat their homes this winter.

Dudley CVS has coordinated a community-led response with the borough’s voluntary and community sector to develop the network of ‘Warm Welcomes’ to help people amid the cost-of-living crisis.

Located across the borough, ‘Warm Welcomes’ are safe and welcoming places where people and families can go to keep warm if they are struggling to heat their homes as energy bills soar.

The spaces offer free hot drinks, activities and someone on hand to lend a listening ear if required.

Castle and Priory councillor Keiran Casey said: “The work that DCVS have done to pull this network of warm spaces together is amazing, and will make a massive difference during these difficult times.

“Residents are extremely worried about the cost of living, particularly their heating bills and the impact this will have on their finances as we approach the colder weather over the Christmas period, it’s one of the biggest issues residents are raising with me at the moment.”

Full list of Warm Welcomes venues:

  • 1st Halesowen Scouts – The Scout Centre, Elizabeth Road, Halesowen, B63 4BG. Open 10am to midday every Saturday
  • Age Concern Stourbridge and Halesowen – Elton Centre, St Johns Road, Stourbridge, DY8 3HT. Open 9.30am to 2pm daily
  • All Saints Church – Vicar Street, Sedgley, DY3 3SD, Open 10.30am to 12.30 Friday, 10.30am to 12.30pm Sunday
  • Arts of Change Trust – 26 Holloway Chambers, Priory Street, Dudley, DY1 1HA. Open 9am to 1pm Monday to Thursday, 10am to 2pm Saturday
  • Black Country Mental Health – The Hub, Bushey Fields Hospital, Bushey Fields Road, Dudley, DY1 2LZ. Open 3pm to 5pm every Sunday
  • Brierley Hill Methodist Church – 24 Bank Street, Brierley Hill, DY5 3DA. Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 2pm to 4pm
  • Change Grow Live – Atlantic House, Dudley Road, Lye, DY9 8EL. Open Monday 9am to 8pm, Tuesday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday 9am to 4.30pm
  • Chawn Hill Church – Chawn Hill, Stourbridge, DY9 7JD. Open 1pm to 4pm every Wednesday
  • Christ Church Lye – High Street, Lye, DY9 8LF. Open 11am to 3pm every Friday
  • Christ Church Quarry Bank – High Street, Quarry Bank, DY5 2DN. Open 9am to midday every Thursday
  • Church in the Community Wollaston – Meriden Avenue, Wollaston, DY8 4QL. Open 1pm to 5pm every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
  • Church of the Ascension – Dudley Road, Wall Heath, DY6 9AH. Open 2pm to 4.30pm every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
  • Community Transport – Community Hub, Dudley Bus Station, Fisher Street, Dudley, DY2 7AD. Open 9am to midday every Tuesday and Thursday
  • Cradley Community and Welfare Association – 32-34 Colley Lane, Halesowen, B63 2TL. Open 10am to midday every Tuesday
  • Cranstoun Here4YOUth – 1 Castle Street, DY1 1LA. Open 3pm to 6.30pm every Wednesday (under 18’s only)
  • Creheart CIC – 3 Castle Street, Dudley, DY1 1LA. Open Fridays 1pm-6pm / Saturdays 2pm to 6pm
  • CVT Shared Lives – 4 Norton Road, Stourbridge, DY8 2AE. Open 9am to 11am every Thursday
  • Darkhouse Baptist Church – Darkhouse Lane, Coseley, WV14 8XH. Open 2pm to 4pm every Tuesday
  • Destined to Reign Church – 75 King Street, Dudley, DY2 8QB. Open 10.30am to midday every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 10.30am to 3.30pm every Sunday
  • Dudley Carers Hub and Wellbeing Service – Brett Young Carers Hub, Old Hawne Lane, Halesowen, B63 3TB. Open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday
  • Dudley Museum @ The Archive – Tipton Road, Dudley DY1 4SQ. Open 10am to 4pm Thursday – Saturday
  • Grace Community Church – Commonside, Pensnett DY5 4AJ. Open 10.30am to midday Monday, 3pm to 4.30pm Wednesday, 10.30am to midday Saturday
  • Gurdwara Guru Teg Bahadur – 7 Vicar Street, Dudley, DY2 8RQ. Open 5am to 8pm Monday – Sunday
  • Halesowen Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church – 144a Coombs Road, Halesowen, B62 8AF. Open 10am to 5pm every Saturday
  • Hasbury Christian Fellowship – 26 Albert Road, Halesowen, B63 4SW. Open 10am to 3.30pm every Friday
  • High Oak Youth and Community Centre – 34 High Oak, Pensnett, DY5 4LA. Open midday to 3pm Tuesday, 4pm to 6pm Wednesday
  • High Oak Youth and Community Centre – Abberley Street, Dudley, DY2 8QY. Open 10am to 3pm every Wednesday
  • Holloway Court – Beecher Place, Halesowen, B63 2ED. Open 10am to midday every Thursday (over 55’s only)
  • Hope Baptist Church – Chapel Street, Stourbridge, DY8 1BZ. Open 10.30am to 12.30pm every Thursday
  • Hope House – 7 Zoar Street, Lower Gornal, DY3 2PA. Open 9.30am to 2.30pm Monday and Tuesday
  • Huntingtree Healthy Hub (Moms Mindful Hub) – Huntingtree Park, Huntingtree Road, Halesowen, B63 4HY. Open 1pm to 3pm every Thursday
  • Jasmine Road Community Gardens – 23 Jasmine Road, Dudley, DY2 7NL. Open 10.30am to 1.30pm every Thursday
  • Kingswinford Christian Fellowship – Summer Street, Kingswinford, DY6 9LA. Open 2pm to 4.30pm Tuesdays and Thursdays
  • Life Central Church – Little Cornbow, Halesowen, B63 3AJ. Open 11am to 2pm Monday – Saturday
  • Living Hope Church – Middlepark Road, Russels Hall Estate, Dudley, DY1 2LD. Open 1pm to 5pm every Monday
  • Lodge Farm Baptist Church – Lodge Crescent, Netherton, DY2 0HF. Open 3.30pm to 5pm Monday – Friday
  • Margaret Vine Court – Moat Drive, Halesowen, B62 9PY. Open 10.15am to 11.45am Monday – Friday (over 55’s only)
  • Nene Close – Union Street, Stourbridge, DY8 1PJ. Open 9am – 3pm every Wednesday or Friday (over 55’s only)
  • Primrose Hill Community Church – Chapel Street, Netherton, DY2 0AA. Open 9am to 12.30pm every Wednesday
  • Provision House – 80-81 High Street, Dudley, DY1 1PY. Open 9am to 3pm Monday – Friday
  • Quaker Meeting House - 1 Scotts Road, Stourbridge, DY8 1UR. Open every Wednesday from 11am to 3pm
  • Rainbow Community Centre (Just Straight Talk) – 45-47 Rainbow Street, Coseley, WV14 8SX. Open 1pm to 3pm every Tuesday, and 10am to 2.30pm every Thursday
  • Red House Glass Cone – High Street, Wordsley DY8 48Z. Open 10am to 3pm Monday to Friday, 11am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday
  • Revival Fires – 117 Wolverhampton Street, Dudley DY1 3AL. Open 11am to 1pm Wednesday, 12.30pm to 1.30pm Sunday
  • South Street Baptist Church – South Street, Brierley Hill, DY5 2RR. Open 1pm to 5pm every Wednesday
  • St Andrew’s Church – The Straits, Gornal, DY3 3AB. Open 9.30am to 11.30am Tuesday, 9.30am to 11.30am Sunday
  • St Chad’s Parish Church – Oak Street, Coseley, WV14 9TA. Open 10.15am to midday every Wednesday
  • St Francis’s Church and Parish Centre – Poplar Crescent, Dudley, DY1 4AF. Open 1pm to 2pm Tuesday, 11.30am to 12pm Wednesday
  • St John Ambulance – Manor Way, Halesowen, B62 8RW. Open 10am to 12.30pm every Wednesday
  • St Mary’s Catholic Church – St Mary’s Parish Centre, High Street, Brierley Hill, DY5 3AE. Open 10am to midday every Thursday
  • St Michael’s Church – Maynard Avenue, Norton, Stourbridge, DY8 3EE. Open 11am to 2pm every Wednesday
  • St Paul’s Church – 6-8 Lake Street, Lower Gornal, Dudley, DY3 2AU. Open 9am to 11am Monday, 11am to 1pm Tuesday, 9am to 11am Friday
  • St Peter’s Church – Kent Street, Upper Gornal, DY3 1UU. Open 11am to 12.30pm every Wednesday
  • St Thomas and St Luke – High Street, Dudley, DY1 1QD. Open 1.15pm to 3pm every Wednesday
  • St Thomas’s Church – Market Street, Stourbridge, DY8 1AG. Open Wednesday, Thursday Friday mornings 10am to 12.30pm
  • Summerhill Community Centre (Just Straight Talk) – 28a Summerhill Road, Coseley, WV14 8RD. Open 10am to 4pm every Tuesday
  • Summerhill Community Centre (Moms Mindful Hub) – 28a Summerhill Road, Coseley, WV14 8RD. Open 10.30am to 12.30pm every Friday
  • The Lighthouse Centre – Salop Street, Dudley, DY1 3AT. Open 10am to 3pm Monday – Friday
  • Top Church Training – Harry’s Cafe, 65A High Street, Brierley Hill DY5 3AB. Open 10am to 1pm Monday
  • United Church Lye – Upper High Street, Lye, DY9 8LX. Open 10am to 2pm every Tuesday
  • Wall Heath Evangelical Free Church – 81 Enville Road, Wall Heath, DY6 0JX. Open 11am to 1pm Monday, 9.30am to 11.30am Wednesday, 9.30am to midday Thursday
  • Wellington Road Community Centre – 27 Wellington Road, Dudley, DY1 1UB. Open 10am to 2.30pm Monday – Friday
  • Wollescote Community Association – Wassell Road, Stourbridge, DY9 9BY. Open 2pm to 4pm every Thursday
  • Woodside Internet Centre (Woodside Methodist Church) – Hallchurch Road, Woodside, Dudley, DY2 0TQ. Open 10am to 3pm every Monday

Any organisations wishing to join the Warm Welcomes network can email info@dudleycvs.org.uk