Interested in becoming a NeuroSafe Space? NeuroSafe Spaces works with businesses across Liverpool, that want to help build a more inclusive city. By becoming a NeuroSafe Space, your venue contributes to a growing network of places where people who experience sensory overwhelm can feel more confident accessing everyday environments. Each business that joins helps extend the reach of this network, creating more opportunities for people to feel welcomed, supported and included in community life. Together, these small actions contribute to meaningful and lasting positive change. Why It Matters It can be easy to assume that a welcoming environment speaks for itself. However, for people who are neurodivergent, this is not always clear. Uncertainty about unfamiliar environments can quickly lead to feelings of overwhelm or anxiety. For many, not knowing how they might be perceived or supported in a new space can result in avoiding public environments altogether. By displaying the NeuroSafe Spaces decal, participating venues provide a clear and reassuring visual signal that their space recognises these challenges. It demonstrates a visible commitment to inclusion and helps create a sense of community where everyone feels they belong. How It Works Becoming a NeuroSafe Space is designed to be a simple process, easy to implement within everyday environments and at no additional cost. Participating venues agree to display the NeuroSafe Spaces window decal, providing visitors with a clear visual signal that the space recognises the challenges some people experience when navigating public environments. Visitors who see the decal know that they are welcome. They can locate the poster inside and access simple grounding tools by scanning the QR code linked to the NeuroSafe Spaces resources. The initiative does not require specialist training or structural changes - it is built around awareness, patience and small acts of understanding. People using a NeuroSafe Space may: • sit or stand quietly for a few minutes • wear headphones, ear defenders or the green sunflower lanyard • avoid eye contact • make sounds or movements such as hums or rocking This is simply someone taking a moment to regulate themselves. Your understanding helps them feel safe. You may notice Join the network! Show your commitment to inclusion and help build a city that cares. Register interest below to join the NeuroSafe Spaces network. First name* Last name Email* Phone Name of Business* Address* Type of venue* Please complete this box if you have selected Other Register

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Filter by Area Filter by Venue Type Filter by Venue Name Liverpool John Lennon Airport Transport Speke, Liverpool L24 1YD, UK NeuroSafe Space is located within Starbucks in Departures https://www.liverpoolairport.com/ Grow Speke Horticulture Ganworth Rd, Speke, Liverpool L24 2SA, UK NeuroSafe Space is located on the yellow bench near the kitchen container https://www.southliverpoolhomes.co.uk/your-community-events/get-involved/grow-speke/ South Liverpool Homes Advisory Services Speke, Liverpool L24 0TY, UK NeuroSafe Space can be found within the community hub to the right of the SLH area https://www.southliverpoolhomes.co.uk/

How can inclusion and understanding be implemented within every day spaces? NeuroSafe Spaces began with a simple question: For many neurodivergent people, public places can feel overwhelming. Noise, lighting, uncertainty and social pressure can quickly turn a simple outing into something exhausting. Over time, this can lead to individuals and families withdrawing from community spaces altogether. NeuroSafe Spaces aims to change that by introducing small, practical adjustments that make environments feel safer and more manageable. A visible symbol in the window, a clearly marked area and access to simple grounding tools can help people pause, regulate and continue with greater confidence. NeuroSafe Spaces grew from ARTiculate , a creative programme developed at EPIC Social Care CIC in Speke, Liverpool. ARTiculate brings together young adults with autism and learning differences to explore emotion, communication and regulation through colour, art and sensory practice. Through workshops and creative experimentation, participants began developing visual tools that helped them understand and regulate their own emotional states. What started as artwork quickly evolved into something more practical as participants began implementing practices into their every day life and self regulation became more intuitive for them. That raised the next question: From these conversations, the first ideas behind NeuroSafe Spaces began to emerge. How can we take these findings further to benefit the wider neurodiverse community? A creative approach As a creative practitioner and co-director of EPIC Social Care CIC, Jade's role has never been simply to design tools for people. Instead, her approach centres on creating the conditions for people to design tools for each other. Jade is currently studying a Masters degree in Creative Practice to build the research that supports the design of this project. Many of the resources within NeuroSafe Spaces have been shaped through collaborative experimentation with the EPIC group. Participants create the artwork that forms our Colour Changing Cloud video while practicing relaxation and sensory stimulating exercises. Using feedback from the group and observing their emotional states prior to, during and after this process, Jade then co-creates the resources. The result is a growing collection of visual cues, breathing tools and grounding resources that are created by neurodiverse minds, for neurodiverse needs. This peer-led approach matters. People who live with sensory overload and social fatigue often understand the smallest but most important details that others might overlook. By empowering individuals to develop resources that support their peers, the project recognises lived experience as expertise and put the people it directly impacts at the forefront. NeuroSafe Spaces continues to grow through collaboration, creativity and lived experience - building a network of places that quietly say: You are welcome here.

NeuroSafe Resources If you're seeing this page then you may be in a designated NeuroSafe Space or in need of some grounding exercises. In the video below, you will be guided through our colour breathing exercise which has been designed to help anyone who may be feeling tense, uncomfortable or unsure, to allow them time to recognise their feelings before moving forward with their day. Arrival - Experience - Exit The videos below are to be used while you are in a NeuroSafe Space. These 60 second clips act as grounding reminders to help you to experience the environment around you with reduced stress. Breathing Circuit You may have heard of a breathing square exercise, this is the Colour Changing Cloud version. Use this video, or the printable version, to help you regulate your breathing. Allowing you to take slow, steady breaths. More FREE resources coming soon More FREE resources coming soon More FREE resources coming soon More FREE resources coming soon More tools are currently being developed with neurodivergent participants through EPIC Social Care. New resources will be added soon.

Evolving everyday places into inclusive, safe spaces. inclusive, safe spaces. inclusive, safe spaces. inclusive, safe spaces. NeuroSafe Spaces are a growing network of community venues, shops and businesses throughout Liverpool, that have committed to becoming more accessible to those living with Neurodiversity. This is about reducing the quiet isolation many families experience and building a city that doesn’t just talk about belonging, but actively creates it. Find a NeuroSafe Space Resources Find a NeuroSafe Space Free Resources What are NeuroSafe Spaces? Many people experience anxiety, sensory overload or emotional overwhelm when out in the community, especially those with Neurodiverse minds and their support circles. NeuroSafe Spaces helps by making support visible and available in everyday places, such as cafés, shops and cultural sites. So, how does it work? Step 1 Notice the icon outside a participating location Step 2 Locate the QR code inside Step 3 Access the resources and take a moment Step 4 Now, hopefully you're ready to explore Where will you visit next? When you enter one a NeuroSafe space, you can feel confident that staff will have a neurodiversity considered approach to their customer's experience. Locate a space and head to the QR code which can be easily found insdie, staff will acknowledge that you may not want to be approached, they may lower the volume of music or dim the lights - there are many ways staff can make your trip less stressful. Locate a NeuroSafe Space Proud Partnerships This project was proudly created with EPIC Social Care C.I.C, a social care provision in Speke. Our service users are the inspiration behind this project and the co-creators of some of the free resources we offer. Created with neurodiverse people, for others with neurodiversity. We are also thrilled to have the creation and distribution of this project backed by the Liverpool Airport Community Without their support, this concept wouldn't be possible.