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Dozens of warm spaces open across city

Hull City Council Ten people sit in a circle for a chair exercise session in a large hall with a wooden floor and tall windows. They are extending their arms in a punching pose. Hull City Council
Hull Deaf Centre is among the organisations running warm spaces

More than 30 warm spaces will be open across Hull until the end of March, the city council has said.

The three-month initiative, called Affordable Warmth, is backed by £170,000 of funding and will also promote financial and energy advice.

The money has been distributed to 28 community and voluntary groups, which will provide the services.

Councillor Jack Haines, the council's portfolio holder for communities, said: "By working with local voluntary and community sector organisations we can reach residents directly in their own localities and through the groups they know and trust."

The initiative will run until 31 March and is in addition to warm spaces already open in Hull libraries.

Most of the funding has been taken from the government's Household Support Fund, with a top-up from the Hull-based firm Ideal Heating.

However, the council previously said the rollout had been delayed by "late government confirmation" of the funding, which meant it was unable to begin before Christmas, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Hull City Council A map of the city of Hull showing the location of warm spaces, which are represented by orange dots. Built-up areas are shaded light grey, with the names of suburbs labelled. Main arterial roads are shown in green, railways in dark grey and rivers and docks in blue.Hull City Council
The warm spaces are distributed around the city

The grants will also enable voluntary and community organisations to provide support to residents, including financial advice.

Groups taking part include the Neighbourhood Network, which is running a warm space and offering energy advice at the Alf Marshall Centre, in Bransholme, and TimeBank Hull and East Riding, which is running community cooking sessions and "money matters" sessions at Marfleet Community Centre.

Meanwhile, the Hessle Road Network will be distributing items such as blankets, heaters, energy-saving lightbulbs and warm clothing.

Further information and advice is available on the Hull Warm Homes website, while the locations of all the warm spaces can be seen on the council's My Hull maps page, by clicking "local information" and then "warm spaces" in the left-hand panel.

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