Young patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital have been brushing up on their art skills with a competition run by building contractors.
Laing O’Rourke, who are currently building the new Women and Children’s Unit at the hospital, ran the special art competition where the winning children would have their work displayed around the construction site.
The competition was split into three age groups and, after a tough judging process, the winners were announced this week.
In the infant category, four-year-old Madison Bradwell impressed judges with her colourful sunshine picture, while Poppy Iddan, 9, painted a hospital bed with a rainbow overhead to top the junior group.
An under-the-sea inspired artwork by 12-year-old Eleanor Reader was chosen as the winner of the secondary school-age category.
Laing O'Rourke's Peter Stephenson said: “It has been great to work with the youngsters. We thought it would be a nice idea for the pupils to decorate the hoardings with their own artwork. We asked the children to produce a drawing or painting which showed what being in hospital meant to them.
“We are absolutely delighted with the drawings and paintings the children have created. They have captured the details and character of the hospital perfectly and the finished artwork looks fantastic.”
The competition was organised by Keri Graham from the hospital’s facilities department.
She said: "It was wonderful to meet budding artists, Madison, Poppy and Eleanor and chat to them about their experiences in hospital.
“They were excited to return to hospital to receive a mounted copy of their artwork and see their pictures on the hoardings. I am sure that visitors to the Victoria Hospital will appreciate the cheerful, colourful images that now adorn the hoardings in front of the new Women's and Children's Outpatients which is scheduled for completion in July 2010".
Eleanor’s mum, Denise Reader, said: “I think the competition is a great idea. It was a nice surprise when she found she had won and really nice to see her artwork around the hospital.’’
Prizes, including a Nintendo DS, iPod and vouchers for Toys R Us were presented by Gareth Foulkes from Laing O'Rourke and Chief Executive of the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Aidan Kehoe.
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