Girl's 'rainbow of hope' posters move neighbours to tears

A seven-year-old girl has brought her community closer together by creating beautiful messages of hope.

Olivia Walker, from Bedlington, started by drawing a large poster to put on the fence for her next-door neighbours to see, because she "didn't want them to be sad when they were walking the dog".

She then began to make more personalised posters, to display on fences or in her windows, aimed at cheering up other neighbours.

The rainbow has become a popular symbol of hope within the pandemic over the two weeks, with many households displaying rainbows in their windows as a sign that this 'storm' will pass.

But Olivia has taken it a step further with her personalised messages, drawing more for strangers online after her designs were shared on a local Facebook group and brought delight to many who saw them.

The St Bede's R C Primary School pupil said: "I wanted to do it because people are along, and I wanted to make them happy. It makes me happy to see how much people like them."

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