Chesterfield hospital staff send message of thanks to artist for her drawing a day project to boost morale

On Monday, your Times reported how Chesterfield woman Stacey Goodwin launched her Facebook page Isolation Ink to share her daily drawings after her father spent almost three months in the hospital after suffering a stroke in December.

She plans to donate all of her artwork to the NHS Trust, with some potentially making their way to the new Nightingale Hospital in London.

Stacey, 27, from Holmewood, was taking pictures into the hospital for her father – who is now recovering back at home – to cheer him up and give him something different to look at, and decided to keep it going when she ended up isolated at home due to the coronavirus.

In a message seen by your Times, a staff member wrote to Stacey: “We can’t thank you enough for supporting our staff and our charity at this time.”

Stacey, who usually works as a sales manager, has also launched her own JustGiving page and is asking people to make donations to help local NHS services stay afloat.

She said: “I’m using coloured paper to try and represent all the colours of the rainbow, which people are using at the moment. If it gets enough follows and likes, I’m going to start doing competitions as well.”