WARM spaces have been created across Northumberland to offer a place where people can relax in a safe and warm environment. 

Community Action Northumberland (CAN) created the long-established and award-winning Warm Hubs project to provide a network of warm, energy-efficient community venues acting as focal points for energy support and advice.

CAN states its Warm Hubs project is vital. Its website said that 40.7 per cent (151,885) of Northumberland's 316,000-strong population live in rural areas. Of these, more than 20 per cent are 65-plus, nearly 10 per cent have a limiting long-term illness and 11.5 per cent are income-deprived.

There are 24 of CAN's Warm Hubs across Northumberland and 11 in Tynedale where people can find support, while there are also separate Northumberland Warm Spaces established by voluntary groups and community organisations.

Warm Hubs and Warm Spaces have been set up in community centres, church halls, libraries and community hubs across Northumberland.

CAN's Warm Hubs in Tynedale include:

  • Allendale Village Hall
  • Haltwhistle
  • Hexham Number 28
  • Humshaugh Village Hall
  • Falstone Village Hall
  • The Miners Lamp at Prudhoe 
  • Stocksfield Community Centre
  • Wark
  • Otterburn Memorial Hall
  • Prudhoe Church hall
  • Riding Mill Parish Hall
  • Wylam St Oswins Church

Hexham Community Centre received a significant funding boost in 2023 from the Government's Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund, delivered by The National Lottery Community Fund, to extend its own Warm Welcome project.

The programme welcomes people in need of a warm space, a warm meal or social interactions.

It will run until the end of March 2024 and includes lunch clubs on Wednesdays and Sundays, social gardening, crafts and bowling groups, and after-school activities for families.

Northumberland County Council's directory of Warm Spaces in Tynedale includes: 

  • Allendale Library
  • Deneholme Care Centre, Allendale
  • Higher Ground Allendale
  • Bellingham Library
  • Kielder Library
  • Corbridge Library
  • Haltwhistle Hub
  • Haltwhistle Library
  • Hexham Library
  • Wentworth Leisure Centre
  • Matfen Village Hall
  • Ponteland Leisure Centre
  • Ponteland Library
  • Prudhoe Waterworld
  • Wylam Library