Centre for Warmth
Help, support and advice on keeping warm during the cost-of-living crisis
Calderdale's Centre for Warmth
The cost-of-living crisis has compounded issues in particular, around fuel and food poverty but also around housing costs and other essential items.
At Focus4Hope, with funding support from Northern Gas Networks, our ambition is to alleviate as much of this where possible, by providing support to address needs specific to our communities.
Help, support and advice provided in the warm safe environment of our own hub is designed to:
- Improve health, mental health and wellbeing
- Increase household income
- Help communities better manage their energy consumption
Ways in which we can help to keep you warm and safe
- Raising awareness of energy efficiency measures, to help reduce fuel poverty.
- Help with understanding and managing your energy bills.
- Raising awareness of Carbon Monoxide (including distributing CO alarms).
Please read this information leaflet: Carbon Monoxide – The Silent Killer - Advising about the Priority Service Register and signing up households to this.
- Provide support around money management, income maximisation, benefit and access to services.
- Provide advice on cooking nutritious meals more efficiently and less costly.
- Reduce isolation by encouraging people to attend social groups.
- Providing people with energy saving appliances and items to help people stay warm and improve their energy efficiency.
Weekly Winter Warmer Café
As part of our Centre for Warmth initiative and thanks to the support and funding from Northern Gas Network we are delighted to be able to offer a weekly community meal in our Community Hub for anyone who needs a warm meal.
Our Winter Warmer Café is 12-2pm every Thursday at our Community Hub, Bethel Street Car Park, Brighouse.
Drop in for a warm meal, a good brew and some friendly support. There is no need to book.
Centre for Warmth Contact Form
If you have any questions regarding our Centre for Warmth initiative, please fill in the form below and we will reply as soon as possible.