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MANEA MATTERS
MANEA MATTERS
WARM HUBS & SPACES THIS WINTER

Warm Hubs and Warm Spaces are warm, safe places where residents of any age can expect a friendly
and inclusive welcome.
CHATTERIS MARCH
Chatteris Library March Library
2 Furrowfields Road, Chatteris PE16 6DY City Road, March PE15 9LT
9 parking spaces + 4 spaces for Blue Badge Accessible parking / Wheelchair access /
holders. Baby changing facilities
Wheelchair accessible. Opening times
Opening times Monday / Tuesday / Friday: 9:30am – 5:00pm
Mon/Wed/Friday: 10:00am – 5:00pm Wednesday: 9:30am – 1:00pm
Tuesday: 2:00pm – 5:00pm Thursday: 9:30am – 7:00pm
Thursday: CLOSED Saturday: 9:30am – 4:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am – 1:00pm
A Warm Space for anyone who needs it during RAMSEY
the winter months. They've got tea, coffee, hot Ramsey Library
chocolate, squash, and biscuits. They also have 25 Great Whyte, Ramsey PE26 1HG
some playing cards and a chess set available. Opening times
Monday: CLOSED
ELY Tuesday: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Ely Methodist Church Wednesday: 4:00pm – 7:00pm
13 - 15 Chapel Street, Ely CB6 1AD Thursday: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Opening times Friday: 10:00am – 1:00pm
Sundays only: 1:00pm – 4:00pm Saturday: 10:00am – 1:00pm
Sunday: CLOSED
MEPAL We welcome you to browse and borrow our
Mepal Village Hall collection, access our PCs and Wi-Fi for free and
School Lane, Mepal CB6 2AU use our space to study, meet, share or just relax.
Opening times Ramsey Neighbourhood Trust is also based at
Mondays only: 10:00am – 1:00pm the Library
Tel: 07562 379 472
SUTTON
The Brunel Room HADDENHAM
The Glebe, 4 High Street, Sutton CB6 2RB Haddenham Sports and Social Club
Opening Times Chewells Lane, Haddenham CB6 3SS
Daily 9:00am – 12:00pm Opening times
There will be tea/coffee/cup-a-soups, etc. The Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 3:00pm
room also has free Wi-Fi for anyone that needs it.

The initiative throughout the country has been supported by Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis CBE
who, on 11th July this year tweeted: “Can't believe I'm writing this, but I wonder if this winter we’ll need
'warm banks' the equivalent of 'food banks' where people who can't afford heating are invited to spend
their days at no cost with heating (e.g. libraries, public buildings)?”
Almost straight away, he heard from various councils and libraries who were already planning to
provide such spaces, as well as other organisations asking how they should go about providing
one. He commissioned the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
(CILIP) to research and collate best practice. It's not just for libraries, it's for any organisation
wanting to set up a warm space (they changed the name from ‘bank’) and can be found here:
www.cilip.org.uk/warmspaces
Please note - the above information was correct at the time of going to print. Dianne Rowe

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