The Sons of Rest is a social organisation that has provided leisure facilities for men of retirement age in and around Birmingham and the Black Country in the English West Midlands since 1927, and more recently for women.

The movement was established when a group of retired working men, veterans of World War I, met in Handsworth Park, Birmingham, in 1927.

[2] The organisation's anthem, Sons of Rest, was written by one of the early members, Charles Smith, who was aged 81, and blind:[2] United in our Brotherhood, Our aim is for the best We've passed our many milestones long, Still happy Sons of Rest.

We sit and talk of days gone by, And how we stood the test, Of hopes deferred and joys fulfilled, The stalwart Sons of Rest.

[4] It is now managed by The Friends of Handsworth Park[2] A 2018 mosaic mural by Claire Cotterill, on an external wall, commemorates the movement.