A warm space designed to support people to save money on their energy bills is having a huge impact on the community it’s serving.
St Ann’s Advice’s warm space in Nottingham is one of 7,000 such places set up by voluntary sector and faith groups, libraries and local authorities across Britain.
The charity, which provides free, impartial advice on benefits, debt, employment, housing and energy issues in the Nottingham area, set theirs up around three years ago.
Debbie Webster, Manager at St Ann’s Advice, said: “Our advice centre is open every day where people can have breakfast or lunch, but we started to open up on Wednesday evenings a few years ago and it’s gone down really well.
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