Artwork honouring those lost to Covid to be built in Bedworth

For five days Sanctuary will be a space to remember and it will then be set alight in a final event on Sunday 13th March.

Bedworth's Miners' Welfare Park will host Sanctuary, a public event of commemoration, in March 2022.

Sanctuary will be a temporary structure to commemorate the nation’s loss during Covid.

Coventry-based company Imagineer, who is producing the art installation, is hoping for local people will get involved and help with building the project.

Jane Hytch, CEO of Imagineer says: “This is a hugely exciting project for Nuneaton & Bedworth and the whole West Midlands community. We are looking for all manner of volunteers, from complete beginners to those who have experience in construction and woodworking to support with building the structure. We are also running a competition for local schools, youth and community groups, to design their own panels which will be included in the final Sanctuary design."

The American artist David Best and the local people will build an intricately carved wooden structure in the Miners’ Welfare Park.

For five days Sanctuary will be a space to remember and it will then be set alight in a spectacular finale event on Sunday 13th March.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council leader Cllr Kristofer Wilson says: "Sanctuary is a truly remarkable set of ideas that will bring excitement and spectacle to this park, this town and this Borough.

"This event is an opportunity to showcase Bedworth on both the national and international stage and I am really excited to use this opportunity to welcome visitors from around the world to our town. Bedworth knows how to make people welcome and I'm sure we will continue to do so."