Six students from regional colleges have been shortlisted in a competition to design a car sticker for a charity car donation scheme.

UDonateacar, the community charity scheme from Silverlake Automotive Recycling in Shedfield, held a competition to pick the best design.

UDonateacar lets people who sell their vehicle to Silverlake donate as little or as much as they want from the sale to support small, local charities.

Silverlake handles the paperwork and transfers the donation to the scheme’s national charity partner, Global’s Make Some Noise, which in turns gives grants to good causes like Abbey’s Heroes and Yellow Door.

Design students from six regional colleges took part in the competition including Fareham College, Portsmouth College, Itchen College, Eastleigh College. Barton Peveril College and Peter Symonds College.

The six finalists are; Arwen Lawton, Amelia Ham, Madison Meah, Tom Odell, Holly Southwell and Abigail Austin.

The final design, which will go into production, will be picked at an event on Thursday, March 10.

Alex Houghton, Mayor of Southampton, who is also one of the judges, said: “I’m delighted to be helping to judge the UDonateacar.com car sticker design competition. This is a wonderful opportunity for our regional design students to use their developing skills to help to promote this charitable scheme which supports disadvantaged people across the UK.

"It will be very interesting to see the different creative approaches to designing the car sticker and exciting to see the winning entry produced and in circulation, displayed on the back windscreens of cars where the owners have donated some of the value of their old car through UDonateacar.com.”

Allen Prebble, managing director, of Silverlake Automotive Recycling said: “UDonateacar is one of the ways Silverlake can support community, give back and help to make a difference.

"Charities are struggling for funding with the after effects of the pandemic plus the rise in the cost of living, and any small amount people can spare really helps.

"Our scheme makes it easy to donate anything from £5 upwards. It’s been great to see the enthusiasm and talent in the young people of our region who entered this competition and it’s going to be amazing to see the UDonateacar sticker out and about in a couple of months. I’m sure the winning student will feel immense pride in their achievement. I’d like to thank the regional colleges for their support and all the judges for investing their time in this latest UDonateacar initiative. Watch out for more from the UDonateacar team as the year goes on!”