A brolly good show!

HUNDREDS of multicoloured umbrellas have been raised in Liverpool – and it wasn’t even raining. A busy city centre space is glowing with bright reds, blues, greens, yellows, and oranges thanks to a canopy of vibrant, uplifting, suspended umbrellas.

After a hiatus last year due to the pandemic, the ADHD Foundation Neurodiversity Charity’s famous Umbrella Project has returned to Liverpool for a fourth year.

The brolly installation aims to flip the narrative of neurodiverse individuals, by focusing on the strengths and abilities of those with cognitive differences.

It has achieved global recognition with further displays in Heathrow Airport and BBC’s Media City, while more installations were set to launch throughout the summer in Switzerland, Gloucestershire, plus in over 50 participating schools across the country.

ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and dyspraxia all sit under the “umbrella” term of neurodiversity – hence the idea for the Umbrella Project was born.

Dr Tony Lloyd, chief executive of the ADHD Foundation, the largest user-led ADHD agency in Europe, said: “When we first launched this small project back in 2017, we were unprepared for the massive impact it was going to have – nationally and internationally.”

■ The project remains in Church Alley, in front of the Bluecoat arts centre, until late September.