AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy who suffered a brain haemorrhage, leaving him having to learn to walk and talk again, is painting rainbows to be auctioned off for a charity that helped with his rehabilitation.

Joey Tildesley-Devine walked into Queen's Park Primary on November 16 2018, and developed a "strange taste in his mouth". After getting up to get a drink of water he discovered he lost his ability to talk and use his right arm.

After parents Karen and Nick Devine rushed him to Whiston Hospital, they did scans which found that he had AVM, arteriovenous malformation. This is a tangle of abnormal and poorly formed blood vessels that have a higher rate of bleeding than normal vessels.

He was rushed to Alder Hey Children's Hospital and had emergency brain surgery to remove the blood vessels.

Since then he has had to learn how to walk and talk again and part of that rehabilitation took place in Surrey at The Children's Trust which specialises in live in rehab for children.

Now during the coronavirus lockdown, as many charities are struggling due to lack of events to garner donations, Joey is taking it into his own hands to paint art to sell off for the charity.

His proud mum Karen said: "Joey is doing incredibly well and part of that is down to the two months we spent doing full on therapy at The Children's Trust.

"Joey has been on full lockdown since this started, so we wanted to find a way to give back to the charity who helped him when he needed it.

"We've bought three art canvases and Joey has painted each one with a rainbow which is amazing, bear in mind he has had to learn to do everything with his left hand because his right side was affected, and it's incredible.

"The idea is for people to donate money to The Children's Trust and we will pick three winners at random who will win a special artwork by Joey, who wants to be an illustrator, and who has benefited directly from The Children's Trust."

Winners will be randomly selected on Sunday, May 31.

To donate go to justgiving.com/crowdfunding/joeythelegend