By Andy Dalton
A warm space and welcome is now available for people in the Armley area during the cold winter months.
Volunteers at the Leeds City Mission Compassion Centre in Mistress Lane, Armley, have created a haven for people to keep warm during the cold weather. Many people on limited incomes are struggling with heating bills. The ‘Welcome Space’ is a place to go to keep warm as temperatures plunge low.
Every day midweek (except Wednesday) between 10.30am and 2pm visitors are welcome at the Welcome Space facility. It provides comfortable chairs. Board games, jigsaws, free refreshments. There is a also small reading room with an easy chair where anyone can read undisturbed at their leisure. Volunteers are on hand to chat. People are welcome to come and go as they please.
Manager Dagmar Truman said that this winter initiative is reaching out to people who struggle to pay their heating bills at this time of year by providing a place to keep warm and meet other people.
They are also able to signpost visitors to other sources of help.
This initiative is just one of a number of ‘Welcome Spaces’ being run by voluntary and other organisations throughout the city during the cold winter months.
More details on 0113 345 3118. The City Mission Compassion Centre is located at the junction of Town Street and Mistress Lane (next door to Westerly Rise flats) in Armley. It is diagonally opposite Armley Library.
Leeds City Mission is a multi-church Christian agency which has worked with marginalised people since 1837 and seeks to meet the physical, social and spiritual needs of Leeds residents.
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