Warm Hubs are places within the local community where people of all ages can be assured of finding a warm and friendly environment in which to enjoy refreshments, social activity and the company of other people.

In response to the economically challenging winter we are living through, various groups in Bridport are inviting local people to come and spend time in warm community spaces.

The spaces offer a warm welcome, free hot and cold refreshments, plus a range of games, newspapers, craft activities and wi-fi.

Warm Hubs in Bridport are available as follows:

Monday

10am – 5.30pm – Bridport Library, South Street

Tuesday

9.30am – 12.30pm – Bridport Library, South Street

10am – 1pm – Bridport Youth and Community Centre, Gundry Lane

12.30pm – 2pm – Catholic Church, Victoria Grove, with a free lunch.

Wednesday

9.30am – 6.30pm – Bridport Library, South Street

10am – 12noon - Cafe at Chapel in the Garden, East Street

10am – 4pm – Bridport United Church, East Street

10am – 2pm Community Kitchen at the Beacon Church, Priory Lane, with a free lunch

Thursday

11am – 2pm – Chapel in the Garden, Rax Lane (entrance via the alleyway opposite The Tiger Inn on Barrack St)

11am – 2pm – Beacon Church, Priory Lane

Friday

9.30am – 6.30pm – Bridport Library, South Street, with Coffee & Chat session from 10am to 12noon

10am– 2pm - Community Kitchen at the Beacon Church, Priory Lane, with free lunch

Saturday

10am – 12noon -Bridport Christian Fellowship, 4 Kings Square, East Street, with free coffee and cake

11am – 5pm (starting January 21) – St Swithun's Church Hall, North Allington

Food and clothing support

A number of services are also available in Bridport for those who made need additional help in providing food and clothing or their families.

Cupboard Love Foodbank – St Marys Church, South Street

Food is available to collect (referral system in place but you can collect without referral on the first occasion) from 11am to 1pm on Wednesdays. Food can also be donated between 9am and 1pm. Also available during the session is the cafe, and support and advice from Citizens Advice on a wide range of issues.

A second Cupboard Love session starting on January 30 at Bridport Youth and Community Centre on Mondays between 4pm and 7pm.

Bridport Community Fridge – Chapel in the Garden, East Street

Food that would otherwise be thrown away is available free to anyone to collect, from 10am to 12noon on Tuesday and Saturday

Food Glut Stall – St Swithun's Church, North Allington

A stall with food from shops, individuals and growers that would otherwise go to waste, available free to anyone to collect, on Thursdays between 9.30am and 11am.

Rails of clothes available during at the Cupboard Love Foodbank at St Marys Church; Chapel in the Garden (open when chapel open and restocked Tuesdays 10am to 11am); St Swithun's Church Hall (open when church hall open and restocked during the Food Glut stall Thursdays 9.30am to 11am); Unit 3, The White Hart Yard, Beaminster DT8 3AE (opening hours posted on Bridport Clothes Bank Facebook page).

Beacon Church

Offers rough sleepers the chance to have a shower and get clothes washed. Their Community Kitchen is not just for rough sleepers though, many people go to the cafe for delicious home cooked lunches.