Warm and Welcoming SpacesPublished 26 Oct 2022
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A number of churches across our Presbytery are now running warm banks; a safe, warm and welcoming place where local people who can't afford to heat their homes can come and spend time.
Those that we know of are –
Mondays
Langside – 9.30am to 9.00pm
Sherbrooke Mosspark – 11.00 am to 2.00pm
St David's Memorial Park, Kirkintilloch - 12 noon to 9.00pm (from 21 Nov)
St George's Tron - 10.30am to 4.30pm
Tuesdays
Langside – 9.30am to 9.00pm
Scotstoun - 10.00am to 12 noon
St George's Tron - 10.30am to 4.30pm
Wednesdays
Ibrox - 11.00am to 2.00pm
Kelvinbridge – 11.00am to 2.00pm
Langside – 9.30am to 9.00pm
St George's Tron - 10.30am to 4.30pm
Thursdays
Clincarthill – 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Dennistoun New – 11.30am to 1.30pm
Langside – 9.30am to 9.00pm
Pollokshields – 11.00am to 2.00pm
St George's Tron - 10.30am to 4.30pm
Wallacewell Community Fellowship - 12.30pm to 3.00pm
Fridays
Langside – 9.30am to 2.30pm
St George's Tron - 10.30am to 4.30pm
Saturdays
St George's Tron - 10.30am to 4.30pm
Sundays
St George's Tron - 10.30am to 4.30pm
If your church is offering this service, or is thinking of doing so, please let us know by emailing communications@presbyteryofglasgow.org.uk.
Also, please register your service with https://www.warmwelcome.uk/ This is a national database, searchable by postcode, of those oranisations which are providing free warm and welcoming spaces to the public over the winter months.
If your church is looking for funding to help provide warm spaces for the community through this winter’s cost of living crisis, a ‘winter support’ category has been added to the Church of Scotland’s Small Grants Fund. Details are available on the Church of Scotland website at https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/connect/small-grants-fund
Glasgow City Council have designated around 30 of their venues as Welcome Places. The full list can be found at https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=29741
Information last updated 16 November 2022