List of Isle of Wight warm welcome spaces
About Isle of Wight Warm Welcome spaces
There are warm welcome spaces across the Isle of Wight. Many of them are open all year.
Use the list to find one that's suitable for you and check the warm welcome space you want to visit is open before you go.
Complete the online form to add your warm welcome space to the list below. It takes about 5 minutes.
East Wight
Brading Youth and Community Centre
High St, Brading, PO36 0DH
Monday and Thursday, 10am to 1pm
Website Brading Community Partnership
Brading Methodist Church
5 New Road, Brading, Sandown PO36 0DY
Open all year round
Tuesday 8.30am to 12 noon
Community Café, refreshments & chatter, homemade soup from 11am to enjoy with others or take away. All welcome.
Tel: 01983 407201
Warm and Well
St Helens Community Centre, Guildford road, St Helens, Ryde, PO33 1UH
Opening 10 January 2024
Every Wednesday of each month, except the 1st Wednesday in the month. 11.30am to 2pm.
Free soup and roll, refreshments, activities and conversations
Ryde Library
George St, Ryde PO33 2JE
Open all year round
Monday, Tuesday, Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm, Wednesday 10.30am to 7pm, Saturday 9.00am to 5pm
Free Wi-Fi, free computer use, free charging, advice and information, people to chat to, space to work, free crafts, hot drinks.
Website: Ryde Library
Tel: 01983 823825
Men Only IOW @ Rodger & Steve's Place
134 High Street, Ryde, PO33 2RJ
Open all year round
Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm
Warm space to sit, relax, food provisions, good company. Free refreshments. A safe, warm, non-judgmental place for men to come and spend some time. Laundry provision onsite. Lunch club Tuesday’s 12.30pm, hot drinks on other days.
Website: Men Only IOW
Tel: 01983 722737
Aspire Ryde
Dover Street, Ryde PO33 2BN
Open all year round
Tuesday to Friday 11.30am to 1.30pm
Seating, chat, access to advice, hot drinks. Other groups and activities which people use as a warm space. Community lunch served 12pm to 1pm
Website: Aspire Ryde
Tel: 01983 716020
Ryde Veterans Lounge
High St, Ryde, PO33 2HT
Monday to Friday 9am to 2pm, Saturday 9am to 12pm
Hot drinks and snacks
Website: Veterans Hub Isle of Wight
Cuppa Club
Ryde Methodist Church Hall, 14 Garfield Road, Ryde, PO33 2PT
Open all year round
Wednesday 1pm to 3.30pm
Hot drinks and snacks, friendly chat, activities like board and card games, jigsaws. Open to all ages.
Johns Club
Oakfield Football Club, Slade Road, Ryde PO33 1EG
Open all year round
Monday to Saturday, 10am to 8pm
Welcoming warm place with entertainment, TV. Paid for refreshments. Community lunch on Monday’s 11am to 2pm
Website: John's Club
Tel: 01983 865865
MAD-Aid DOT Community Room
11 York Avenue, East Cowes, PO32 6QY
Monday to Thursday, 10.30am to 1.30pm
Warm space, friendly chat, low cost hot drinks and cake, second-hand book swap
Website: MAD-Aid DOT Community Room
Tel: 01983 200648
East Side Curve
York Avenue, East Cowes PO32 6RU
Open all year round
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm (Community Activities permitting)
Friendly welcome, free tea and coffee, community library, general advice, public computer access, newspapers and board games
Website: East Cowes Town Council
St Mildred's Church Coffee Shop
Whippingham PO32 6LW
Tuesday and Wednesday, 10.30am to 3pm
Tea and coffee, rolls and homemade cakes. Warm location and friendly atmosphere
Newport, Cowes and West Wight
West Wight Sports and Community Centre
Moa Place, Freshwater, PO40 9XH
Open all year round
7 days a week. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday open at 7am. Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday open at 9am. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday closes at 8pm. Saturday and Sunday closes at 3pm.
Café open. Pay it forward scheme means you can have a free hot drink if you can't pay. Donations welcome.
Website: West Wight Sports and Community Centre
Tel: 01983 752168
Portland Inn
2 Worsley Road, Gurnard, Cowes PO31 8JN
Tuesday to Sunday 12pm to 10.30pm
Warm place to sit, friendly chat, friendship group afternoons.
Website: The Portland Inn
Tel: 01983 243300
Three Bishops
Main Rd, Brighstone, PO30 4AH
7 days a week, 11am to 10pm
Friendly chat, hot and cold drinks and food available to buy.
Website: Three Bishops
Tel: 01983 740226
Green Meadows
Colwell Road, Freshwater, PO40 9GG
Open all year round
Tuesday 11am to 2pm.
A nice warm space, advice, company
The Bay
Lake Methodist Church
Sandown Rd, Lake, PO36 9JT
Open all year round
Tuesday from 2pm.
Music, games, bingo, knitting, colouring, tea and biscuits £2.
1st Thursday of each month; Community lunch 12pm.
2nd & 4th Thursday of each month; Café Library 10am to 12pm.
Website: Lake Methodist Church diary
Tel: 07817 154147
Sandown Library
High St, Sandown PO36 8AF
Open all year round
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 5.00pm, Saturday 9am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm.
Free Wi-Fi, free computer use, free charging, advice and information, people to chat to, space to work, free activities.
Website: Isle of Wight libraries
Tel: 01983 402748
Christ Church
The Broadway, Sandown, PO36 9ET
Open all year round (opening hours may change during the spring and summer)
Mondays 11am to 1pm.
Soup and a roll and somewhere warm to relax and chat.
Website: Christ Church, Sandown
Tel: 01983 639280
Age Concern
50+, 106 Regent St, Shanklin, PO37 7AP
Open all year round
Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm.
Warm and friendly welcome.
Low-cost lunches Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Snacks and Soup, Tuesdays.
Light refreshments, Thursdays.
Tea, Coffee and chat always available.
Free Wi-Fi
John's Club
62 High Street, Shanklin, PO37 6JN
Open all year round
Monday to Saturday 12pm to 6pm, Sunday 11am to 3pm.
Support, advice, drinks and food (paid for).
Website: John's Club Isle of Wight
Tel: 07724 074984
Sandown Methodist Church
York Road, Sandown, PO36 8ET
Open all year round
Wednesday 10am to 11.30am
Free refreshments, but donation welcome.
Website: Sandown Methodist Church
Tel: 01983 407201
South Wight
Ventnor Library
High St, Ventnor, PO38 1LZ
Open all year round
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 5.00pm, Saturday 9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm.
Free Wi-Fi, free computer use, free charging, advice and information, people to chat to, space to work, free activities.
Website: Isle of Wight libraries
Tel: 01983 852039
St. Johns Church Hall
45 Coombe Park, Wroxall, PO38 3PH
Friday 10am to 1pm.
Warm space, soup and a roll, friendly chat
Better Days Café
64 High St, Ventnor, PO38 1LT
Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm.
Warm environment, tea and coffee, hot soup, jacket potatoes, games, jigsaws, books and a huge friendly welcome.
Website: The Better Days Café
Wellbeing Café
Salisbury Gardens Ventnor, PO38 1EJ
Open all year round
Monday and Wednesday 10am to 2pm, Friday 12am to 4pm.
A safe space for people with anxiety or mental health issues.
Website: Ventnor Well-being Café
St Catherine's Church
11 Church St, Ventnor PO38 1SW
Open all year round
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10:30am to 12:30pm for tea, coffee and biscuits.
Thursday 12pm to 2pm, free hot lunch.
- Free drop-in chat, support sessions and activities for anyone of any age and in any circumstance.
- A safe environment to access support and advice or simply for a chat.
- Signposting to other organisations.
Organisations who come along include: Veterans Outreach, Barnardos, Ventnor Community Shed, Baby Box Isle of Wight, Ventnor Community Pantry, People Matter IOW, Living Well & Early Help, Citizens Advice, Wessex Cancer Trust & Ventnor Community Foodbank.
Ventnor Our Place is on the 4th Thursday of every month (except for July) 10.30am to 1.30pm.
Email: tony@ventnortowncouncil.org.uk