Lottery winners create garden at children's hospital
A team of lottery winners, who between them have won over £30m, have been transforming a garden at a children's hospital.
The team of 13 volunteers have been planting a new pathway into a quiet garden area at the Alder Centre at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
The centre provides counselling, therapies and support for people affected by child bereavement.
The volunteers, some who have their own children who have been treated at the hospital, said they wanted to "give something back".
Ceri Roscoe Roberts said she wanted to thank the hospital for saving her son's life.
Her son, now 16, was eight weeks old when he suffered a dry drowning incident after an accident in their hometown of Bangor.
After he was taken to hospital in Wales, an ambulance was sent from Alder Hey with a nurse and medic who then transported him to the specialist children's hospital.
"Alder Hey saved his life," Ms Roscoe Roberts said.
"We felt like we wanted to give something back. I feel really blessed to be here today."
Over 800 bulbs and shrubs are being planted which volunteer Ruth Breen said would "help create a peaceful and welcoming space".
"We wanted to create a quiet tranquil environment away from the hustle and bustle of the main hospital site," she said.
"It's a local charity that's very close to our hearts," volunteer Tricia Gill added.
Fiona Ashcroft, chief executive officer at Alder Hey Children's Charity, said the charity had received an "incredible donation of plants and time" from the lottery winners which had helped to create a "welcoming space" for anyone affected by the death of a child.
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