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Warm Welcomes

Friendly spaces in Eastleigh Borough to meet neighbours and relax

What are Warm Welcome venues?

These venues are welcoming places for residents, that are free to enter, where you can meet up with friends and neighbours, take part in activities and just relax. In winter they also provide warm spaces that people can enjoy without switching on the heating at home.

Everyone is welcome to these safe spaces - and all visitors are treated with dignity and respect. You don't have to pre-book and no record will be taken of your visit - just pop in!

Some venues provide activities, reading materials and refreshments, including hot drinks at no charge.

So whether you're visiting to meet friends and neighbours and have a chat, to find somewhere warm to relax, or simply to get out of the house for a change of scenery - why not visit your Warm Welcome venue soon?

List and map

The list and map will be updated as venues are added and offers upgraded.

Find your nearest

Chandler's Ford Library

9.30am - 5pm: Monday to Thursday, and Saturday
9.30am - 1.30pm: Friday

Facilities and activities:
• Free WiFi
• Free activities for adults and children
• Public Access Computers
• Books, Audiobooks, Magazines
• Children’s Books, Audiobooks

Eastleigh Pantry

9.30am - 12pm: Monday, Tuesday and Friday
4pm - 6pm: Wednesdays

Facilities and activities
• Free hot drinks
• Waste prevention Swap shop- for books and toys
• Citizen's Advice first aid referee
• Free Wi-Fi

The Point Eastleigh

12pm - 5pm: Monday
9.30am to 5pm: Tuesday to Saturday

Facilities and activities
• Public building open to all
• Café and Bar
• Performances
• Free activities
• Workshops
• Classes
• Meeting spaces

Pavilion on the Park

9am - 3pm: Monday to Sunday

Facilities and activities
• Accredited third party hate crime reporting service
• Referral agency to the Basics Bank
• Monday-Friday lunch clubs- two courses for £5
• Free sanitary items
• Pastoral support Monday and Tuesday
• A small emergency selection of selected items available until the Basic banks open

Eastleigh Library

9.30am - 1.30pm: Mondays
9.30am-5pm: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays

Facilities and activities:
• Free WiFi
• Free activities for adults and children
• Public Access Computers
• Books, Audiobooks and magazines for adults
• Children’s books

Velmore Community Centre

10am - 2pm: Monday - Friday

• Quiz night
• Bingo
• Knit and Natter
• Choirs, Yoga.
• Childrens activities
• Social afternoon
• Free WIFI

Fair Oak & Horton Heath Parish Council

9.30am - 2pm: Tuesday and Wednesday

• Free WiFi
• Tea, coffee and light refreshments
• Board games
• Mini library

Hedge End Library

9am - 5pm: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
9.30am - 1.30pm: Saturday

Facilities and activities:
• Free WiFi
• Free activities for adults and children
• Public Access Computers
• Books, Audiobooks and magazines for adults
• Children’s books

West End Library

1pm - 5pm: Tuesday and Friday
9.30am - 1.30pm: Thursday and Saturday

Facilities and activities:
• Free WiFi
• Free activities for adults and children
• Public Access Computers
• Books, Audiobooks and magazines for adults
• Children’s books

Netley Library

1pm - 5pm: Tuesday and Thursday
9.30am - 1.30pm: Friday and Saturday

Facilities and activities:
• Free WiFi
• Free activities for adults and children
• Public Access Computers
• Books, Audiobooks and magazines for adults
• Children’s books

Saint Thomas' Church

8.30am - 11am: Sunday

• Free Wifi
• Free breakfast
• Board and card games

Mercury Library & Community Hub

10am - 1pm: Monday to Thursday
plus 2pm - 4pm: Mondays
plus 3.30pm - 5.30pm: Wednesdays

• Free Wifi
• Hot drinks
• Books and magazines for children and adults
• Puzzles and games

Elim Pentecostal Church

2pm - 5pm: Thursday

• Free hot drinks
• Reading materials
• Board games
• Charging points for mobile phones

St Andrews Methodist Church

10am-1pm: Wednesday (until end of February 2023)

• Soup and roll lunch
• Free drinks and biscuits
• Board games
• Kids area with crafts
• Magazines and wordsearches

YMCA Eastleigh (North Stoneham)

Monday - Thursday
7.30am - 9.30am & 3pm - 6pm

Friday: 7.30am - 11am and 3 - 6pm
Saturday: 12 - 4pm
Sunday: 10am - 4pm

St Paul's Church (off Chamberlayne Rd)

11.45am - 3pm: Tuesdays

• Free soup and hot drinks

Places Leisure Eastleigh

1pm - 3pm: Wednesday
10am - 2pm: Friday

In the Cafe space, where a member of staff will be responsible for Warm Welcome duties

• A free hot drink
• Free WiFi and device charging
• Free parking
• Board games

The Warm Welcome Charter

All locations on the map have signed up to the Council's charter before we add them to the map. They will be provided with items to display in their windows and entrances to highlight them as an official Warm Welcome venue.

  1. We will offer a Warm Welcome as well as warm space

    Every time you come to a Warm Welcome venue, you will be given a warm welcome from the staff and volunteers there.
  2. Everyone will be treated equally, with dignity and respect

    Everyone who comes to a Warm Welcome venue will be treated with dignity and respect.
  3. We will ensure that it is a safe space

    Your Warm Space will abide by the safeguarding policies that it always uses.
  4. We will not tell anyone that you used a Warm Welcome venue

    But if you're in a Warm Welcome venue for a reason, you'll will be listened to and  signposted to where they can go for help where possible.
  5. It does not matter why you need a Warm Welcome space

    Every Warm Welcome venue is a non-judgemental space; whatever the reason you have for needing to come in, you will be treated the same and never judged.

View locations as a list, with contact details

Eastleigh Pantry, Eastleigh Cable Works
01794 522106

Elim Pentecostal Church, Eastleigh
07935 927191

Fair Oak & Horton Heath Parish Council
023 8069 2403

The Mercury Library & Community Hub
023 8045 8752

Pavilion on the Park, Eastleigh
023 8061 2710

Places Leisure Eastleigh
023 8068 4800 (ask for Hannah B, Megan M or Claire B)

St Andrews Methodist Church
023 8026 8803

St Paul's Church, Bursledon
023 80406866

St Thomas' Church, Fair Oak
023 8069 5786

The Point Eastleigh
023 8065 2333

Velmore Community Centre, Chandler's Ford
023 8023 1139

YMCA Eastleigh (North Stoneham)
023 8235 1520

Libraries
Chandler's Ford Library
Eastleigh Library
Hedge End Library
Netley Library
West End Library
Call the Library Services 0300 555 1387 to leave a message to request a callback


Would you like to be a Warm Welcome venue?

If you think your venue would be suitable and you have the capacity to help, please contact us to discuss further.

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