Illustration by Melissa Smith
As part of Coventry City of Culture 2021, Unchartered Collective, Coventry Youth Activists (CYA) and Grapevine challenged Coventry to become the first city in the UK, and to:
Recognise the needs of people with invisible disabilities and give them a warm welcome in rest friendly spaces around the city.
Develop a Resting Spaces Network, so no one is more than 15 min from somewhere they are welcome to rest.
“I do think simple acts of kindness can end loneliness and isolation. Kindness and a suspension of judgement - because we never really know what is going on for someone.” Raquel Meseguer Zafe
Ways to support us:
Make your workplace a rest friendly venue (see resources below).
Create a resting space at your workplace.
If you are a cinema, gallery or theatre consider horizontal format (see resources below).
You can register your interest in being part of a Resting Spaces Network here: