Banbury Town Council are offering grants to help local communities, clubs and other organisations provide warm spaces this winter.

Warm spaces are welcome havens for residents who struggle with heating bills and need somewhere to go to avoid being cold at home.

The council’s grants scheme offers up to £500 to enable charities and other groups maintain warm spaces in parts of the town where they are most needed.

The grants are aimed at organisations that already run daily or weekly meetings such as coffee mornings, activity sessions etc so that they can open more often or extend their current opening hours to provide warmth for longer.