North Northamptonshire Council is urging community groups and voluntary organisations to apply for grant funding and register to provide 'Warm Spaces' this winter

09 October 2025

Do you have a community building that could be used as a warm, safe space for people to attend and be welcomed with a friendly face?

North Northamptonshire Council is once again coordinating a network of 'Warm Spaces' this winter to provide support to anyone struggling with heating their homes due to the rising cost of living. The spaces will offer a place to go for warmth, to look after physical and mental health, and to access support information. 

The council wants to work with community groups, voluntary organisations and any other not-for profit organisations which can provide a warm space in their community. 

The funding is from the UK Government's Household Support Fund and the money will be  allocated depending on the number of hours the 'Warm Space' is open per week.

To register a Warm Space, please complete the registration from on the North Northamptonshire Council website. Please provide as much information as possible about your facilities, activities and the support available at your community space. 

If funding is awarded, you will be sent a project brief that will outline the expectation of offering the space, along with a poster and satisfaction survey.

Warm Spaces provide somewhere a person who needs to get warm can go to, for free, to enjoy warmth, have a hot drink and socialise if they choose to.
North Northamptonshire Council recognises that it will be unaffordable for many residents to heat their homes for as long as they would do normally again this winter.
That’s why they are once again supporting what has become known as the Warm Spaces initiative.Kerry Purnell, North Northamptonshire Council's Assistant Director of Communities and Leisure

The council will later release a map of Warm Spaces available across North Northamptonshire on their website, which will be available over the winter months.