Staff Nurse Michelle Smith, left, Heather Lilley and Tina Cunningham with the willow chair. Ref: 73018-9A WILLOW chair is to become the centrepiece of a new tranquillity zone at the Prospect Hospice.

The maple leaf-shaped chair, nicknamed the Day-Dreaming Chair, was created with the help of children and adults at the Forest Festival in the Lawn in August.

It was presented to staff at the hospice in Wroughton yesterday.

Artist Tina Cunningham said she was delighted that her work was being donated.

She said: "The work reflects the energy and enthusiasm that was encompassed by all who helped create it on the day.

"It is only right, therefore, that it should be returned back to part of the community, such as the Prospect Hospice to be enjoyed." Tina said that those who lie back on the seat will feel time stop, offering the chance to relax and enjoy the beauty of the natural world around it.

The hospice plans to use the Day Dreaming Chair as a part of a new zone in its central courtyard.

Forest Festival organiser and Great Western Community Forest team member, Heather Lilley, said: "So many people had helped to create this seat it seemed a shame not to have somewhere to display it." Organisers decided that the chair would fit in perfectly with the hospice's project.