(Page Updated 08/06/2023)
South – (Brading, Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor, Godshill, Chale, Brighstone)
What is a Warm Space?
Warm Spaces are heated, safe, friendly, neutral places, totally free to use and provide a warm welcome to all, where you can comfortably spend time reading, studying, or chatting with others or just enjoy a hot drink and some company.
Brading:
Brading Methodist Church -
What's Available:
Community Cafe, refreshments & chatter, homemade soup from 11am to enjoy with others or take away. All welcome.
Opening Times:
Tuesday 8.30am to 12.30pm
Address:
54 Station Rd, Brading, Sandown PO36 0DY
Contact Information:
Phone - 01983 407201
Brading Youth And Community Centre -
What's Available:
Warm space to sit in
Opening Times:
Monday and Thursday 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Address:
Brading Youth and Community Centre, High St, Brading, PO36 0DH
Contact Information:
Email - enquiries@bradingcp.org
Phone - 01983 407382
Lake:
Lake Methodist Church -
What's Available:
Opening Times:
(Open all year round)
Every other Tuesday (next date 11th April) from 2pm for music, games, bingo, knitting, colouring, tea and biscuits £2
1st Thursday of each month; community lunch 12:00 noon, 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month; Cafe Library 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Address:
Lake Methodist Church, Sandown Rd, Lake, PO36 9JT
Contact Information:
Phone - 07817154147
Sandown:
Sandown Library -
What's Available:
Free Wi-Fi, free computer use, free charging, advice and information, people to chat to, space to work, free activities.
Opening Times:
Open all year round
Free Wi-Fi, free computer use, free charging, advice and information, people to chat to, space to work, free activities.
Address:
Sandown Library, High St, Sandown PO36 8AF
Contact Information:
Contact: Isle of Wight libraries
Phone - 01983 402748
Christ Church -
What's Available:
Soup and a roll and somewhere warm to relax and chat
Opening Times:
Mondays 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (opening hours may change during the spring and summer)
Address:
Christ Church, The Broadway, Sandown, PO36 9ET
Contact Information:
Phone - 01983 639280
Sandown Methodist Church
What's Available:
Free refreshments, but donations are welcome.
Opening Times:
Open all year round
Wednesday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Address:
Sandown Methodist Church, York Road, Sandown PO36 8ET
Contact Information:
Website: Sandown Methodist Church
Phone - 01983 407201
Shanklin:
Age Concern -
Opening Times:
(Open all year round)
Monday to Friday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
What's Available:
Warm and friendly welcome.
Low-cost lunches Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Snacks and Soup, Tuesdays
Light refreshments, Thursdays
Tea, Coffee and chat always available
Free WiFi
Address:
Age Concern, 50+, 106 Regent St, Shanklin PO37 7AP
Contact Information:
Phone - 01983 866109
John's Club
Opening Times:
(Open all year round)
Monday to Saturday 12pm to 6pm, Sunday 11am to 3pm.
What's Available:
Support, advice, drinks and food (paid for)
Address:
John's Club, 62 High Street, Shanklin, PO37 6JN
Contact: John's Club Isle of Wight
Tel: 07724074984
Ventnor:
Ventnor Library -
What's Available:
Free Wi-Fi, free computer use, free charging, advice and information, people to chat to, space to work, free activities.
Opening Times:
(Open all year round)
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 5.00pm, Saturday 9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm.
Address:
Ventnor Library, High St, Ventnor PO38 1LZ
Contact: Isle of Wight libraries
Tel: 01983 852039
Better Day's Cafe -
What's Available:
Warm environment, tea and coffee, hot soup, jacket potatoes, games, jigsaws, books and a huge friendly welcome.
Opening Times:
Monday to Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Address:
Better Days Café, 64 High St, Ventnor, PO38 1LT
Contact Information:
Phone - 01983 733010
St Catherine's Church -
What's Available:
Ventnor Our Place run community sessions with support from local organisations that offer FREE drop-in chat and support sessions and activities for anyone of any age and in any circumstance. We offer safe environments to access support and advice or simply to chat over a cuppa or a hot lunch.
We can signpost you to other groups or organisations too if appropriate.
Opening Times:
(Open all year round)
Every Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday for tea, coffee & biscuits.
A hot lunch will be served at the event and every Thursday at this venue as part of Ventnor's Warm Space initiative.
Ventnor Our Place is on the 4th Thursday of every month (except for July) from 10.30am to 1.30pm.
Organisations attending include - Veterans Outreach, Barnado's, Ventnor Community Shed, Baby Box Isle of Wight, Ventnor Community Pantry, People Matter IOW, Living Well & Early Help, Citizens Advice, Wessex Cancer Trust & Ventnor Community Foodbank.
Address:
St Catherine's Church, 11 Church St, Ventnor PO38 1SW
Contact:
Call us on 07932 890679 or email tony@ventnortowncouncil.org.uk
Wellbeing Cafe -
What's Available:
A safe space for people with anxiety or mental health issues
Opening Times:
Monday and Wednesday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm and Friday 12:00 am to 4:00 pm
Address:
Wellbeing Café, Salisbury Gardens Ventnor, PO38 1EJ
Brighstone:
Three Bishops
What's Available:
Friendly chat, hot and cold drinks and food available to buy
Opening Hours:
7 Days a week, 11 am to 10 pm
Address:
Three Bishops. Main Road, Brighstone PO30 4AH
Contact Information:
Phone - 01983 740226
Brighstone Methodist Church:
What's Available:
Coffee morning
Opening Times:
(Open all year round)
Monday from 10am to 12pm
Address:
2 Wilberforce Rd, Brighstone, Newport PO30 4BD
Contact:
Niton:
Edward Edwards Library
What's Available:
A warm space and a warm welcome, hot drinks available. Display of local history material, magazines and newspapers to read, blankets to keep you extra cosy and books to read and borrow.
Opening Times:
Monday 2 pm to 4:30 pm. Wednesday, 9:30 am to 12 pm
Address:
Edward Edwards Library, Old School House, Church Street, Niton PO38 2AZ
Contact Information:
Email: janeclutty@hotmail.com
Phone - 01983 730748
