A LEGO heart is set to remind visitors to Newcastle's Eldon Square of the importance of organ donation.
Starting on Valentine's Day, a specially-built heart made out of the popular toy bricks will spend a week in St Andrew's Way in the shopping centre. The idea is to raise awareness of the life-saving work taking place at Newcastle's hospitals, and especially of organ donation - and February 14 is also World Donor Day.
Then on February 21 , the man behind the LEGO sculpture, Steve Mayes of Brick This in North Shields, will hold two workshops helping people to build and take home miniature LEGO hearts. Steve has been commissioned for the project by the Newcastle Hospitals Charity - which the supports the work of teams at the Freeman and the Royal Victoria Infirmary.
