Warm Space Funding applications

Warm Spaces grant funding applications

Do you run a community organisation in Torbay and could you provide a space that is warm, welcoming and safe for local people?

We are inviting partners to apply for a slice of £32,000 to set up Warm Spaces in the community this winter. 

Community organisations can bid for up to £2,500 each to help them with the additional costs of running a Warm Space. 

Warm spaces are free to use and will provide hot drinks for visitors. They may also provide food or activities, too, and may be able to signpost people to other support if they need it.  

The council recognises that community partners are being affected by rising costs of food and fuel and might need a bit of extra help to offer a Warm Space to local people.  

While community partners can decide how they would like their Warm Space to operate, the council is asking them all to sign up to a Warm Spaces Charter, which outlines what visitors can expect. 

The charter promises: 

• Visitors will be welcome, warm and all will be treated equally 
• Warm Spaces are safe places – venues will have safeguarding policies and follow hygiene rules 
• It doesn’t matter why you visit a Warm Space – you won’t be judged 
• We won’t tell anyone you visited a Warm Space 

For more information download the Expression of Interest form and Expression of Interest guidance document.