CHILDREN in North Bradley have been creating a Fence of Colour to say thanks to NHS staff and key workers helping the local community to get through the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis.

The Peace Memorial Hall in North Bradley gave out around 300 Easter eggs to each child in the village after the yearly bunny hunt was cancelled because of the coronavirus lockdown.

As well, the children have also been using their free time to draw, colour and paint messages of thanks to NHS staff and key workers.

These are being laminated and stapled to a Fence of Colour, with more and more messages being pinned to the fence every day.

Wendy Jones, chairwoman of the Peace Memorial Hall Trustees, said: “There has been a lovely response. The children have been wonderful.

“We must have more than 180 messages pinned to our Fence of Colour.

“The children have done such a wonderful job and the fence looks absolutely amazing.

“We are asking the children to create positive things to say thank you to all the key workers, especially those in the NHS. It’s hoped that we can fill the fence with lots of colourful pictures.

“The fence has filled up considerably in the past week and more pictures are coming through daily.

“The more people who walk past the fence, the more pictures we seem to get.”

The whole village has come together to help the local community, including those who are elderly and vulnerable.

Mrs Jones is co-ordinating a team of 16 volunteers who are delivering shopping and offering help to those who need it.

“We get a grant of £500 from the National Lottery to help with our bunny hunt and Easter trail,” she said.

“This year, we couldn’t go ahead with the trail and bunny hunt because of the lockdown, so we decided to deliver the Easter eggs to every child in the village on Easter Saturday.

“We also delivered two boxes of Easter eggs to the Trowbridge Fire Station and the Ambulance Station to thank the key workers for helping to get us through the coronavirus pandemic.”