Cadent Gas is funding a warm hub for the African Cultural Association (ACA), which is based at Canons Community Centre in Stanmore, to keep vulnerable residents safe and warm for the next 18 months.
As one of 10 warm hubs set up across the borough this winter, the scheme aims to provide a warm, welcoming space and raise awareness about safety and keeping well.
As well as guest speakers covering topics such as health, safety and finances, ACA’s warm hub will provide hot meals, keep fit classes, arts and crafts activities, and games to over 40 people every week.
Lucy Nembaware, from Cadent Gas, visited ACA in October to hand out free carbon monoxide detectors and talk to visitors about gas safety.
Marjorie Manu, from ACA, said: “The people coming to the warm hub really benefit from having somewhere safe and warm they can come every week.
“They make friends and we get to know each other, which then makes it easier to offer advice and help.”
Cadent’s Centres for Warmth support people who are living in vulnerable situations, providing community centres with funding, resources and training to expand their services and offer trusted advice to vulnerable households.
Phil Burrows, Cadent’s head of customer vulnerability social programme, said: “Alongside the improvement works we have been carrying out [in Harrow], we are delighted to be able to support individuals in vulnerable situations – especially as we progress towards the winter period.”
Photo credit: Canons Communty Association on Facebook
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