A Barton schoolgirl who has helped to transform part of the intensive care unit at Burton’s Queen’s Hospital in memory of her granddad, has raised an additional £240 to help relatives who have sick loved ones in the ward.

Ruby Wright, 11, was left heartbroken when her grandfather Peter Young died suddenly after becoming seriously ill with pneumonia and septicaemia last year.

Since then she has raised hundreds of pounds to improve the intensive care unit, which looked after her grandad in his final days.

When the Thomas Russell Junior School pupil racked up £350 in a "guess the name of the bunny" fund-raiser, she used the money to create a reading corner where families can go to get some peace while their loved ones are in the unit.

Then she set her sights on buying new kit for the reading corner and has recently raised £240 to to buy new pen pots, pens, puzzles and other activities for the reading corner, to help keep children occupied when visiting relatives in the unit.

Ruby said: “The doctors and nurses who looked after him do a really hard job and I wanted to say thank you to them. I like making them smile.

"For a long time I have been trying to raise money and I have £120 saved up from selling my books and toys and my mum did a "dress down Friday" at work which raised some more. It feels really nice to have a reading corner and it is important that I keep making it nice for other people to use.

Ruby has been fund-raising again for the intensive care unit at Burton's Queen's Hospital

"Lots of people have told me that I am very inspirational to them and I hope that my granddad would be proud of me and that the hospital staff will be happy."

However, Ruby’s generosity did not end there as she also went along to see the staff, taking with her a huge hamper of treats and a cash donation.

Dawn Wallis, a staff nurse at the intensive care unit, said: "I have been truly amazed by Ruby and how much she has raised for the unit. She is an inspiration and her family are all so very proud of her and I know her granddad would have been too.

"She has been the talk of the unit and all the staff are overwhelmed by her generous donations. Gestures like these really do make me proud to be a nurse."

Ruby has raised £240 to buy stationery and books for people who have loved ones in intensive care

Deb Price, associate director of the medical director's office at Burton's Queen's Hospital, said: "There is something special about Ruby. She makes my heart sing.

"Seeing a young adult going out of her way to do kind things for the organisation and for the memory of her granddad is wonderful."