The Warm Welcome Campaign publishes an annual Impact Report
Top line impact stats for the Warm Welcome Campaign are:
3.5m
visitors to Warm Welcome Spaces in 2025-26
80%
of people agree that Warm Welcome Spaces can help them spend time with people in their community
79%
of people agree that Warm Spaces can help people feel less lonely
72%
of people live within 30 minutes of a Warm Space
The ChurchWorks Commission has had the following impact:
- Gathered more than 300 people in Westminster for the ChurchWorks Summit; a one-day conference that brought together senior leaders from across the government, church, charity sector and public sector
- Facilitated dialogue between key government ministers and commissioners during our Commission meetings – Commissioners have met more than half a dozen ministers and a range of political advisers and civil servants, including regular meetings with the Minister for Faith
- Engaged key government stakeholders on the role of the church within the broader Child Poverty Strategy, sharing research showing that around 1 million children have benefited from Christian anti-child poverty initiatives in the last year (25% of all children experiencing poverty)
- Made the case for the development of faith-based social prescribing to senior government representatives, securing significant support for investing in this work and influencing national policy to instate faith and spirituality as a ‘fifth pillar’ of wellbeing within social prescribing
- Completed research on behalf of Historic England demonstrating the significant social and economic value of historic places of worship
- Launched the ChurchWorks Family Hubs Toolkit to support churches and local authorities to develop meaningful partnerships. This resource has been viewed by around 1,000 users since it was launched
- Undertaken sustained advocacy for the continuation of government funding for Family Hubs, with £69 million in additional funding subsequently announced in the October 2024 Budget