Warm Spaces
As temperatures fall and energy prices rise, residents can find free, warm and safe spaces all across the country including leisure centres and libraries. Many people are concerned about the increase in the cost of living, and particularly about the cost of heating their homes this winter.
Nationally, there is a website where you can enter your postcode to identify your nearest warm spaces: https://warmspaces.org/
In Biggleswade, the home of two ‘For Men To Talk’ physical meetings and one ‘Walk and Talk’ meetings per month, a poster showing all the warm spaces in the town will be displayed in shops and community buildings.
They are:
Place: Labour Hall. Address: Crab Lane, Biggleswade. Times: Monday 10am – 2pm; Thursday 5pm – 9pm; Saturday 10am – 2pm. Details: There will be free Laundry facilities – wash and dry, hot drinks, WiFi, heat and eat – use of kitchen. Closed Christmas Eve to January 5. Contact: labourhall@gmail.com
Place: Kings Corner. Address: 6 Britten Place, Sullivan Court, Biggleswade. Times: Tuesday 10am – 1pm; Thursday 10am – 1pm. Details: There will be hot drinks and a soup lunch. Closed from December 24 to January 5. Contact: Use Facebook messenger to contact King’s Corner or email mike@bbchurch.org.uk
Place: Krafty Shed, Unit 4, Purcell Pl, Sullivan Court, Biggleswade. Times: Wednesday 9am – 5pm. Details: Please bring your own book/activity. Warm drinks available. Closed December 23rd to 27, December 31, and January 1 to 3. Contact: Email: hello@kraftyshed.co.uk
Place: St Andrews Church, Shortmead St, Biggleswade. Times: Thursday 10.30am – 3pm; Saturday 10.30am – 3pm. Details: Drop in for hot drinks and soup served at lunch. Closed Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Contact: Call 01767 317207 or email: office@standrewschurchbw.org.uk
Place: Baptist Church, Rooms 3 & 4, 24 London Rd, Biggleswade. Times: Friday 2pm – 6pm. Details: There will be hot drinks and soup and a roll. Closed on December 23 and 30. Contact: Use Facebook messenger to contact Biggleswade Baptist Church.
Place: Biggleswade Library, Chestnut Avenue, Biggleswade. Times: Monday – closed; Tuesday to Friday 9am – 6pm; Saturday 9am – 4pm; Sunday – closed. Details: Free Internet access. Free access to software. Closed Christmas Eve from 1pm, December 25 to 28, New Year’s Eve from 5pm, and January 1 to 3. Contact: Call: 0300 300 8055.
Place: Saxon Leisure Centre, Saxon Drive, Biggleswade. Times: Monday to Friday 6am – 10pm; Saturday 7.30am – 9pm; Sunday 7am – 9pm. Details: This centre has a café (not free) and a seating area. Closed on Christmas and Bank Holidays. Contact: Call: 01767433133, email enquiries.saxon@sll.co.uk