AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy with additional needs and his father from Poole have shown their support for patients and healthcare staff by donation over 60 Easter eggs and 15 kilograms of sweets.

Theo Walker and his dad Andy wanted to help others during the current pandemic by purchasing 30 Easter eggs, which was matched by Tesco on Poole to double their donation.

The gifts will be used to make up care packages for staff and patients spending their Easter weekend in hospital.

Andy said: “It started last week when it was one of his best friend’s birthday.

“So, we took an Easter egg around to his house, left it on the doorstep and walked to the end of the drive. When he opened the door, we sang Happy Birthday to him.

“It was so lovely, it had me welling up.

“On the way back home, he asked me if we can help more people. I asked him what he meant, and he said could we get other Easter eggs to give to other children.”

Theo has also joined the many thousands of children around the country who have drawn picture of rainbows in the windows of their houses in support of NHS

His dad dropped off the donation to Poole Hospital on Tuesday morning, where the confectioneries were gratefully received by staff.

Andy is also a member of a Facebook group which are doing weekly donations to hospitals and health services around the country as a way to say thank you for their hard work.

He added: “During the lockdown they have been donating sweets to hospitals around the country and this week I was given the chance to donate to my local hospital.

“The 15kg of sweet is a national donation from people around the country, I have never met any people from this group.

“Each day, they donate around £60 worth of sweets to hospitals and health centre around the country.”

Having posted about the donation, Theo has received a lot of recognition from the public for his generous and thoughtful contribution.

“It is just something good to do, helping those who are helping us,” said Andy.

He added: “That is all he wants to do is to make people smile. With all the struggles he has personally, he will still think of others.

“He is a remarkable little boy.”