Warm Welcome Spaces - a UK wide initiative which started up at the beginning of the cost of living crisis that works with and supports local communities to provide and promote warm spaces for people to keep warm, have a warm drink and a chat so that they don’t feel so isolated during the crisis.

Warm Welcome Spaces and the RNIB have been working together to ensure that the local spaces that can be found in public libraries, community hubs, churches and business hubs are as accessible as possible for blind and partially sighted people who might be looking for a warm and welcoming space too. 

RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined by David Barclay from Good Faith, one of the main organisations behind the Warm Welcome Spaces and Steve Packer, RNIB Head of ESG and Sustainability to find out more about how the warm spaces have been made accessible to blind and partially sighted people.

David began by giving some background to how the Warm Welcome Spaces initiative came about and Good Faith’s involvement in the project too. 

Steve outlined how both Warm Welcome Spaces and the RNIB have worked together to ensure that blind and partially sighted people receive a warm, friendly and as accessible welcome as possible when they walk in to their local participating space.

To find out more about Warm Welcome Spaces, search for your nearest local participating space and check out what else they are offering do visit the Warm Welcome Spaces website - https://www.warmwelcome.uk

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