Where do you draw the borders between #office #coworking spaces, #coffee shops and #warmbanks. #energy #energyeffiency #wfh

More from Johnson's "speech":
"[Johnson] says people do not feel economic change from Brexit."
#CostOfVotingToryCrisis #Foodbanks #Warmbanks #Turdmatoes #Turnips #Rationing #FuckTheTories #UKPolitics

We'll mismanage the economy so badly you won't be able to afford to heat your home. We'll make sure you keep getting fleeced by refusing a windfall tax. We'll force local councils to open "warm banks" to humiliate you for wanting not to freeze ... but we won't make the money available to pay for them. 🤬
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/02/spending-on-british-libraries-falls-17-as-in-person-visits-soar
#CostOfLivingCrisis #Libraries #UKPolitics #WarmBanks #FFS #FuckTheTories #EnoughIsEnough

October was busy, with nearly 400 organisations taking part in #ChallengePoverty Week.

We also joined @EAS_Scotland and @Cyrenians1968 to issue a joint statement about #WarmBanks, arguing for #CashFirst to let people heat their homes.

https://www.povertyalliance.org/a-position-on-the-cost-of-living-crisis-and-warm-places-as-an-emergency-response/

October was a busy month, with nearly 400 organisations taking part in #ChallengePoverty Week.

We also joined @EAS_Scotland and @Cyrenians1968 to issue a joint statement about #WarmBanks, arguing for #CashFirst to let people heat their homes.

https://www.povertyalliance.org/a-position-on-the-cost-of-living-crisis-and-warm-places-as-an-emergency-response/

Thinking of the millions of people in the #UK in poverty this Christmas morning.

"Michael Marmot, a lead researcher in epidemiology and health inequalities, says years of austerity, paltry government support, cuts to spending on social welfare and infrastructure, and a lack of regulation in the UK’s energy market have plunged millions into fuel poverty"

#Poverty #FuelPoverty #UKPolitics #WarmBanks

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/25/uk/warm-banks-cost-of-living-crisis-intl-gbr-cmd/index.html

"...we too... add our voice to those calling for systemic action to end the vicious cycle of poverty."

A thoughtful and moving view of #WarmBanks. If govt shared the compassion of people like @lifecare, they'd invest in #CashFirst approaches that let people heat their own homes.
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RT @ThirdForceNews
"An indictment of the time we live in: why we've opened a warm bank"
James Wells of @LifeCare_ on the reasons it is opening its door…
https://twitter.com/ThirdForceNews/status/1605195065009266692

We still have family in the UK, so this is heartbreaking to read.

#warmbanks #foodbanks #freezing #hardship

https://www.dw.com/en/uk-warm-banks-emerge-in-britain-as-temperatures-plummet/a-64122775?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

We still have family in the UK, so this is heartbreaking to read.

#warmbanks #foodbanks #freezing #hardship

https://www.dw.com/en/uk-warm-banks-emerge-in-britain-as-temperatures-plummet/a-64122775?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

FIND WARM AND SAFE LOCATIONS NEAR YOU

Some warm banks offer free or paid food and drink, children's toys, magazines/books, friendly volunteers, free or paid wifi, public toilets, baby changing facilities, disability access, and information about local food and clothes banks as well as signposting to other support.

https://warmbanks.net

#community #support #help #volunteer #volunteering #energy #EnergyCrisis #CostOfLiving #CostOfLivingCrisis #WarmBanks #UK #britain

Hot drinks, free coats, cold, hungry children: the shocking reality of Britain’s winter ‘warm banks’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/13/hot-drinks-free-coats-cold-hungry-children-the-shocking-reality-of-britains-winter-warm-banks?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#warmbanks
#libraries
#costoflivingcrisis

Hot drinks, free coats, cold, hungry children: the shocking reality of Britain’s winter ‘warm banks’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/13/hot-drinks-free-coats-cold-hungry-children-the-shocking-reality-of-britains-winter-warm-banks?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#warmbanks
#libraries
#costoflivingcrisis

If anyone in #Cornwall is struggling to stay warm during the day at the moment, here are the locations of free #WarmBanks that have been set up across the duchy 👇

https://carefreecornwall.org.uk/warm-banks-in-cornwall/

If anyone in #Cornwall is struggling to stay warm during the day at the moment, here are the locations of free #WarmBanks that have been set up across the duchy 👇

https://carefreecornwall.org.uk/warm-banks-in-cornwall/

The over reliance on #foodbanks should serve as a warning to the future that we cannot normalise #warmbanks as part of our lives.

@BigIssue examines what's being done by communities to help keep people #WarmThisWinter as we wait for government help.

https://bit.ly/3dszizT

The Guardian view on local libraries: a resource that must be protected https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/04/the-guardian-view-on-local-libraries-a-resource-that-must-be-protected?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#books
#WarmBanks
#libraries

This week we accidentally start a series of Advent Thoughts. This week: Why Does Jesus Want Coffee for Christmas?

Also, We talk Warm Banks - Great idea - terrible name? We continue Andys search for Bible Study notes. And Andy is amazed at Andys ability to walk out of a Christian bookshop - and not buy anything!

https://pod.fo/e/154213

#Jesus #WarmBanks #Church #podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/73za5BrAu4vgxRbw3H5Vwr?si=OWKfDkoNTcyKCDmLMUV4ZQ&utm_source=native-share-menu

The bit where they talk about being cold and how it affects people's health is really eye opening.

We need #warmbanks all over Europe!

UK Councils supporting charity run #foodbanks and now #warmbanks is not something to be proud of. It is a sign of a failed system where the distribution of wealth has fundamentally failed.

The over reliance on #foodbanks should serve as a warning to the future that we cannot normalise #warmbanks as part of our lives.

@BigIssue examines what's being done by communities to help keep people #WarmThisWinter as we wait for government help.

https://bit.ly/3dszizT