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Artwork adds to NHS comfort boxes


By David Porter

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Creative children from across the north-east have been busy creating artwork which has been included in comfort boxes sent to NHS Grampian staff.

Macy Jane Anderson from Balmedie Primary's artwork
Macy Jane Anderson from Balmedie Primary's artwork

The comfort box campaign was created by the NHS Grampian Endowment Fund and has delivered thousands of boxes of food, drink and toiletries to every NHS ward, team, location, department and care home throughout the region.

The Grampian Hospitals Art Trust also got involved by calling on children and young people to create colourful picture that would be turned into postcards and included in the packages.

This proved to be a popular idea with schools inlcuding Tough Primary, Balmedie Primary, Pitmedden Primary, Lhanbryde Primary and Kemnay Academy.

Occupational Therapist Alix Shearer was amongst those delighted to receive a comfort box and tweeted her response to the campaign: “Thank you NHS Grampian Endowment Fund for the comfort boxes for the OT department.

Amy Benzie Pitmedden Primary
Amy Benzie Pitmedden Primary

"We have been split into two different teams away from our colleagues due to Covid-19 so this was a welcome surprise and morale was certainly boosted.”

Operations Manager of NHS Grampian Endowment Fund, Sheena Lonchay said: “The comfort boxes and Rainbow project has been a wonderful collaboration.

“The wellbeing of NHS Grampian staff is more important than ever and the comfort boxes and Rainbow Project artwork has really helped to boost their spirits during a very challenging time.”

Grampian Hospitals Art Trust Director, Sally Thomson, said: “We were overwhelmed by the response to the Rainbow Project and can’t thank the young people enough.

“Their colourful pieces represent unity and strength in these unsettling times, and we hope it went some way in showing thanks to the incredible frontline staff we have working in Grampian"


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