Warm Welcome Campaign

3.5m

visitors to Warm Welcome Spaces in 2025-26

of people agree that Warm Welcome Spaces can help them spend time with people in their community

of people agree that Warm Spaces can help people feel less lonely

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

We helped create Welcome Hubs for Ukrainians who have come to live in Bristol, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

of Ukrainians in Bristol attend one or more of the nine Welcome Hubs in April 2026

of visitors would strongly recommend a Welcome Hub to a friend