FISH Brother Nissan Swindon gave a helping hand to the Newbury-based Mary Hare School - a special school for profoundly and severely deaf children and young people - by donating a table tennis table.

When Ramon Woolfe, a Swindon resident and the parent of two children at the school, was buying a car from Fish Brothers Nissan, he spotted the large table in the showroom, which had been acquired as part of Nissan’s sponsorship initiative with Team GB and the 2016 Rio Olympics.

He persuaded the sales manager to donate the table to the school when it was no longer needed.

Simon Dando, sales manager at Fish Brothers Nissan, said: “We were delighted for the table tennis table to be donated to the year 8, 9 and 10 boys at the school and I really hope it gives many hours of enjoyment to them all. Many close-fought battles happened on that table with staff and customers and I'm sure that will continue!”

Ramon, who also attended the handover, said: “It was an absolute pleasure to witness the reactions among the boys as they came back to the common room and were surprised to see the table. They were soon lining up to all have a turn and had great fun!”