A six-year-old girl from Bournemouth, with the help of her mum, has decorated her house in rainbow colours in support of healthcare and other keyworkers.

With many close friends and family members working for the NHS Rebecca Porritt and her daughter Harriet decided to show their appreciation of their hard work by colouring the garden walk of her house on Tweedale Road in multicoloured bricks.

The colourful artwork has become a popular feature on the cul-de-sac and has proven to be very prevalent online.

Rebecca said: “As a single mother and working from home I’m constantly trying to find fun things for my children to do to keep them occupied and enjoy as at this time I feel like I’m constantly asking them to be quiet whilst i try and juggle work calls and taking care of them.

“So, we embarked on our project to bring happiness to others, our small cul-de-sac Tweedale Road is a wonderful place to live and we are fortunate with so many wonderful neighbours in our little community here.

“They all love it and it’s brought joy to our road and my daughters feel very proud every time someone stops to admire our rainbow wall.”

The rainbow symbol has become synonymous with the current coronavirus pandemic, with thousands of children across the country drawing colourful pictures to put in their windows to show unity and help spread happiness in their community.

“This has given me the opportunity to talk to my two young daughters, Harriet 6 and Teagan 9, who is disabled, about what is happening right now, how to keep each other safe and, most importantly, how we need to be so very grateful for those working on the front line, putting themselves at risk every day for others.

“I have family and friends in the NHS across the country and have sent photos to them of our wall to show them that their scarifies is very much appreciated from our little family of three in Tweedale Road.

“They loved it, my sister Kelly Price working at NHS Hereford cried, and my dear friend Chris Bruce at NHS Swindon couldn’t wait to get back to his next shift to show his colleagues what we did for them.”