Warm Spaces

News - 6 December 2023

Warm Welcome Spaces are opening their doors to local communities, offering everyone a free, warm, welcoming and friendly space.
Venues in both Widnes and Runcorn have warm, welcoming spaces open to everyone.

Halton libraries

Halton Libraries will be offering warm, welcome spaces every day during all opening hours which includes comfortable seating, charging access, friendly staff to chat if preferred or support and signpost, board games, jigsaws and colouring in, free pc access.

Each week day different library sites will be hosting a free coffee morning providing free tea, coffee or water. Running from 10.30am-12pm

  • Monday - Ditton Library, Queens Avenue, Widnes WA8 8HR. 
  • Tuesday - Halton Lea Library, Runcorn Shopping City, Runcorn. WA7 2PF.
  • Wednesday - Halton Lea Library, Runcorn Shopping City, Runcorn. WA7 2PF.
  • Thursday - Widnes Library, Victoria Square, Widnes. WA8 7QY. 
  • Friday - Runcorn Library, Granville Street, Runcorn. WA7 1NE.

Halton Community Centres

Free hot drinks available every Wednesday afternoon, 2-4pm.

(Running until Thursday 29th February 2024.)

  • Ditton Community Centre, Dundalk rd, Widnes. WA8 8DF.
  • Grangeway Community Centre, Grangeway, Runcorn, WA7 5HA.
  • Murdishaw Community Centre, Barnfield Avenue, Runcorn. WA7 6EP.
  • Upton Community Centre, Hough Green Road, Widnes, WA8 4PF. 
  • Castlefields Community Centre, Village Square, Runcorn. WA7 2ST

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