Wellbeing Hubs

Wellbeing Hubs are warm welcoming place to spend time in Newcastle. Local venues, such as libraries and community centres, offer a range of support such as hot drinks, free wifi, place to charge your devices, information, advice and more.

You can watch videos for more information about Wellbeing Hubs in Arabic, Bengali , Cantonese and Urdu.

Wellbeing Hub finder

You can search for Wellbeing Hubs in your area:

You can find a list of Wellbeing Hubs in alphabetical order by name of the Hub here

You can also find a full list of the wellbeing hubs in the ‘Useful Organisations’ box in the side tab or scroll to the end of this page.

Cost of living support

As the cost of energy, fuel and food rises, you may find it harder to pay your bills. Here’s more information on support available and ways to save money on your living costs

Read more about Cost of living help and support and keeping warm and well in winter.

Food help in Newcastle

You can read more on InformationNOW about where to find:

• food banks for emergency food parcels
• free meals and low cost food
• food and friends for community cafes, coffee morning and shared meals

Mental health support

Read more on InformationNOW about local support mental health support including:

• Counselling services
• online support services
• Telephone helplines
• support groups
• What to do in mental health crisis or emergency

Where to get benefits advice

You can get benefits advice from a local independent service. They can help guide you through the application process and explain how some benefits may impact upon another. Services in Newcastle include:

• Citizens Advice Newcastle (CAN).
• Newcastle Welfare Rights Service have self help material on their website
• Search Newcastle give benefits advice to older people in the West of Newcastle
• Disability North give disability related benefit advice, help with appeals and representation at tribunals

Become a Wellbeing Hub

If you are a community group, organisation or venue and would like to offer a warm welcome and a place for people to come together, you can register to become a wellbeing hub.

Read more about becoming a Wellbeing Hub on Newcastle.gov.uk

Find out more about funding for Wellbeing Hubs on Newcastle.gov.uk 

Apply to become a Wellbeing Hub on Newcastle.gov.uk

Last updated: March 14, 2025