Warm Welcome Spaces are places of belonging, where new friendships are forged, and where people feel valued. Most Warm Welcome Spaces are open all year round. They are inclusive spaces for people of all cultures, backgrounds, needs and faiths to come together as one community. These spaces help reduce isolation and loneliness and foster a spirit of belonging and connection.
We want to make sure that everyone can find a welcoming place of belonging and reconnection close to their home.
Warm Welcome Spaces come in all shapes and sizes, from libraries, community centres, faith-based spaces to cafes, sports centres, businesses, museums, and so many more. But what they all have in common is that they are all places of belonging, where new friendships are forged, and where people feel valued.
Below is a map of Warm Spaces in churches across the Diocese of Bristol and you can find a list underneath. You can also visit the Warm Welcome website to find spaces across the country.
Bristol and South Gloucestershire
- Withywood Centre Café, BS13 8QA
Cafe open 10am - 2pm Monday – Friday
- St. Barnabas Church Filwood Park, BS4 1DQ
Thursdays 9.30am-1.30pm
- St Agnes Bristol, BS2 9LL
Hot soup lunch and friendly atmosphere in St Agnes Church hall on Tuesdays from 12.30pm to 3.30pm.
- Holy Trinity Horfield, BS7 8ST
Open daily 9am to 6pm
- Holy Trinity Westbury on Trym, BS9 3EQ
Cafe in the Church - we meet every Wednesday morning from 10.30am to 12noon throughout the year.
- Holy Trinity Church Hall, Kingswood BS15 4AB
Open every Thursday 12pm - 5pm. Refreshments available (tea, coffee, squash, pastries plus soup when available). Surplus bread and pastries available to take home. Regular support and advice events including visits from other organisations. Wellbeing sessions available.
Swindon
- St Mary’s Rodbourne Cheney, SN2 2PF
Wednesday, 8.30am to 11.30am
- Dorcan Church (St Paul's & St Timothy's), SN3 5BY
Tuesday, 10.00am to 12.00pm & Tuesday, 9.00am to 11.30am
- Swindon New Town (St Mark's), SN1 5EH
Monday, 1.00pm to 4.00pm
- Holy Trinity Shaw, SN5 5PY
Monday, 1.30pm to 3.30pm; Wednesday, 10.30am to 12.30pm
- St John's Church, Parks and Walcot, SN3 2LG
Monday, 8.45am to 10.30am; Monday, 3.00pm to 6.00pm; Wednesday, 10.30am to 12.00pm
Chippenham
- St Andrew's, SN15 3JN
Wednesday, 9.30am to 12pm
- St Paul's Church, SN15 1PS
Monday, 2pm to 4pm